Modern medicine and health care does not generally concern itself with the whole person. People are treated as mechanical objects who can be repaired piece by piece as problems arise. As technology advances, new techniques are developed which are enormously expensive and so the cost of health care constantly goes up. There is great financial reliance on technology to identify problems and give treatments and a consequent rationing of this treatment because of cost. Patients have the wrong kidney removed or suffer as a result of mis-diagnosis and prescription of the wrong drugs.
Hospitals are highly dangerous places to stay.
Because of the failure to use even basic methods of hygiene such as the washing of hands by surgeons, the risk of serious infection is ever present. System of Authority From an anarchist approach the issues are clear. Patients come first, not the practitioners. There should be emphasis on prevention rather than on repair jobs. Patients should be treated as whole human beings rather than as passive, unthinking machines.