I have the same view as Ladislaus and Sean on this. I would go further and say that I don't really trust the medical industry as a whole. The doctors are basically slaves of the pharmaceutical and insurance industries. Obviously, I'm making generalizations here. There are probably ethical doctors out there.
Yes, there are most definitely ethical doctors, but even these are educated in programs funded by unscrupulous big pharma, with texts approved and funded by the same sharks. Many are already convinced by the need for pharmaceuticals, with no alternatives. Students are young and naive and their prejudices are regularly enforced. They are hooked by their debts by the time they wake up, if they ever do wake up.
If I completely reject modern medicine, I will probably not live as long as I would have if I had participated in it.
I wouldn’t go so far as to say that! Long life is promised as a reward for right living. So much intervention by doctors should unnecessary if we lived as God intended.
And remember the woman in St Luke’s Gospel who had spent all her money on doctorsfor no benefit.