IATROGENESIS INDUCED BY RISK REDUCTION IN HEALTH CARE

Abstract

There are two major currents of thought in science: the reductionist and the holistic, which have also been transposed into medicine. If we understand that the human body is a very complex system, an ecosystem with thousands of components inside and a lot of intertwined and interconditioned relationships between them, we will find that the reductionist approach is simply insufficient and will never end. Seeing reality only as a mathematical system develops the paradigm for control and manipulation. The body is thus seen as consisting of mechanical subsystems whose output numbers can be measured by biomarkers and whose risks can be predicted based on inputs. In this situation, health ceases to be based on subjective well-being or ability to work, but is based on how one fits the numerical norms.