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Ecosystem services are grouped into four broad categories of services. There are provisioning services, such as the production of food and water; regulating services, such as the control of climate and disease; supporting services, such as nutrient cycles and oxygen production; and cultural services, such as spiritual and recreational benefits. [1]
The quality of care delivered in a health care system often depends on a complex network of processes and pathways. [17] Quality Improvement in healthcare is when health care professionals familiar with these processes and pathways use a systematic approach to address specific problems in their field, thereby improving the process or pathway ...
Ecological systems theory is a broad term used to capture the theoretical contributions of developmental psychologist Urie Bronfenbrenner. [1] Bronfenbrenner developed the foundations of the theory throughout his career, [2] published a major statement of the theory in American Psychologist, [3] articulated it in a series of propositions and hypotheses in his most cited book, The Ecology of ...
An ecological network is a representation of the biotic interactions in an ecosystem, in which species (nodes) are connected by pairwise interactions (links).
Drawing from natural ecosystems which are defined as the network of interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment, social ecology is a framework or set of theoretical principles for understanding the dynamic interrelations among various personal and environmental factors. [3]
The study creates a new set of models that treats each of these systems like the pillars they are—that is, if one falls, the rest soon follow suit due to the interconnected nature of each system.
The four pillars and sixteen principles of the Earth Charter are: [8] I. Respect and Care for the Community of Life. Respect Earth and life in all its diversity. Care for the community of life with understanding, compassion and love. Build democratic societies that are just, participatory, sustainable and peaceful.
Family-centered care emerged as an important concept in health care at the end of the 20th century; but the implementation of family-centered care was met with a variety of snags. Prior to the early 1990s, the relationship between care providers and patients was distant.