Talk:Emergence Phenomenon

A clarification:

Though "emergence" also refers to holism in the sense of a higher level of organization that arises spontaneously from the interaction of unconnected items at a lower level of organization, in medicine they don't really have a phrase for that sort of thing. Medicine is reductionist, not holistic.

See abstract "Cellular Mechanisms Underlying the Antidepressant Effects of Ketamine: Role of -Amino-3-Hydroxy-5-Methylisoxazole-4-Propionic Acid Receptors" as this is my starting point.

Emergence phenomenon in this sense ties into into current research on ketamine use in psychiatry. This could conceivably be a part of the anaesthesia page for now. Your call, O Great Ones!

Thanks!

Dreadfullyboring (talk) 20:32, 30 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Sorry but this redirection is wrong. Though Emergence phenomenon is used in this sense in the ketamine article, it's normal usage is in the philosophical and systems context and this has nothing directly to do with medicine!  TerryE (talk) 16:52, 18 April 2009 (UTC)