When I described the complexity of medicine, I did mean it in the technical way, that the issues we face, whether in our own health or in the health care system are really, irreducibly complex. But that isn't a bad thing. What it does require is for folks to actually learn a bit about these kinds of systems, so they then can apply that knowledge when faced with the simplifying shorthand of science and medicine that we consume through popular media.
A neat start, explaining how apparently complex behavior emerges from simple rules is here.
A bit more detail here, where the underlying complexity of nature gets greatly simplified (and some neat special effects:
If nothing else, you can go around disturbing the assumptions of your friends and colleagues. That is the real credo of an anthropologist, making people stub their toes on what they used to take for granted.
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