eCAM 2005; 2(1): 13–18 doi:10.1093/ecam/neh068
Lecture Series
The Systemic Theory of Living Systems and Relevance to CAM
Part I: The Theory
José A. Olalde Rangel
Adaptogenic Educational Medical Centers and Venezuelan Association of Systemic Medicine Caracas, Venezuela
The author would like to apologize for the incorrect reference 2 in this paper. The reference should be:
2. Selye H. The Stress in my Life: A scientist's memoirs. New York, NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1979.
eCAM 2005; 2(3): 267–275 doi:10.1093/ecam/neh119
The Systemic Theory of Living Systems and Relevance to CAM: the Theory (Part III)
José A. Olalde Rangel
Adaptógenos Internacionales, Calle El Arenal c/c Luis de Camoes, La Trinidad, Caracas 1080, Venezuela
In the Introduction: The Need for a Biological Systems Theory, the first sentence reads as follows:
The function of the whole is tantemount to the individual action of its parts, due to synergy and emergence, inherent characteristics of all living systems (15).
However it should read as:
The function of the whole is greater to the individual action of its parts, due to synergy and emergence, inherent characteristics of all living systems (15).
The editor would like to apologize for this error.
The author would like to apologize for the incorrect placement of reference 15 in this paper.
Reference 15 was placed as follows on page 268:
Introduction : The Need for a Biological Systems Theory
The function of the whole is tantemount to the individual action of its parts, due to synergy and emergence, inherent characteristics of all living systems (15).
However it should have been cited here on page 269:
Systemic Theory complements the core concepts of ‘far from equilibrium’, ‘self-organization’, autopoiesis, homeokinesis (16) and dissipative structures by introducing the missing parameters of the life equation: Intelligence and Survival (15).