Axel Kaehne is a Reader for Health Services Research at the Medical School at Edge Hill University and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Integrated Care (Emerald Publishing). He is also Visiting Professor at the Department of Health and Social Management at the University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio and currently President of EHMA, the European Health Management Association (Brussels).

• Chapter 1. Introduction – why integrated care is so hard to achieve Chapter 2. The Future of Integrated Care Chapter 3. How organisation theory may help us understand integrated care Chapter 4. Integrating care as organisational design Chapter 5. Complexity in integration studies Chapter 6. Care integration as a liminal moment Chapter 7. Tacit assumptions in care integration Chapter 8. The politics of integrating servicesChapter 9. Is integration a science or a craft? Chapter 10. Reconciling the practice, research and reality of integrated care Chapter 11. Integrated care as a research paradigm Chapter 12. Patient centred care and integration

Axel Kaehne is a Reader for Health Services Research at the Medical School at Edge Hill University and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Integrated Care (Emerald Publishing). He is also Visiting Professor at the Department of Health and Social Management at the University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio and currently President of EHMA, the European Health Management Association (Brussels).

• Chapter 1. Introduction – why integrated care is so hard to achieve Chapter 2. The Future of Integrated Care Chapter 3. How organisation theory may help us understand integrated care Chapter 4. Integrating care as organisational design Chapter 5. Complexity in integration studies Chapter 6. Care integration as a liminal moment Chapter 7. Tacit assumptions in care integration Chapter 8. The politics of integrating servicesChapter 9. Is integration a science or a craft? Chapter 10. Reconciling the practice, research and reality of integrated care Chapter 11. Integrated care as a research paradigm Chapter 12. Patient centred care and integration

Axel Kaehne is a Reader for Health Services Research at the Medical School at Edge Hill University and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Integrated Care (Emerald Publishing). He is also Visiting Professor at the Department of Health and Social Management at the University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio and currently President of EHMA, the European Health Management Association (Brussels).

• Chapter 1. Introduction – why integrated care is so hard to achieve Chapter 2. The Future of Integrated Care Chapter 3. How organisation theory may help us understand integrated care Chapter 4. Integrating care as organisational design Chapter 5. Complexity in integration studies Chapter 6. Care integration as a liminal moment Chapter 7. Tacit assumptions in care integration Chapter 8. The politics of integrating servicesChapter 9. Is integration a science or a craft? Chapter 10. Reconciling the practice, research and reality of integrated care Chapter 11. Integrated care as a research paradigm Chapter 12. Patient centred care and integration