The GEM Model: A model of health based on generalized empirical method – Part 1 – Introduction

Abstract

This is the first of a four-part essay in which I present a comprehensive model of health based on the philosophy of Bernard Lonergan.  In this introductory article, I situate the model within my overall project to develop a philosophy of health based on Lonergan’s philosophy and within contemporary efforts to understand the relationship between health science and healthcare. In the following set of three articles I discuss the philosophical background of the model before fleshing the model out and then comparing it to other accounts of health and disease.