The body's own in-built healing mechanisms are certainly swept aside in favour of chemical (read: saleable) treatments.
Currently watching 4 Corners expose on Insys, and the way they manipulated doctors into prescribing Fentanyl to people who dodn't need it, ruining their lives. There's a lot of dirt in healthcare industries. Practitioners using dangerous or outdated treatments and methods, even when the science clearly demonstrates they shouldn't be used.
