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Thursday, August 27, 2020

IF there is a 'medical model' THEN ...

IF there is a 'MEDICAL MODEL'

(Google: about 1,770,000 results)

AND

there exists a 'MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM'


(about 57,200,000 results)

AND

respective disciplines have produced distinct 'MODELS OF CARE'

(about 1,790,000,000 results) 

AND

a key aim of healthcare delivery is 'INTEGRATED CARE'

(about 673,000,000 results)

THEN

- where is the RESEARCH EVIDENCE for a generic model / conceptual framework to center and integrate said care*?

 

If there are any philosophers of science, of nursing, logicians ... willing to critique my thinking I would greatly appreciate your advice.

*self, health and social care.

McGivern, P. (2008). Reductive Levels and Multi-Scale Structure. Synthese, 165(1), 53-75. Retrieved August 23, 2020, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/40271111