... importation of Biomedicine means the investment of huge sums of money in the construction of large hospitals (the factories of health care), the training of staff, and the incorporation of expensive ... McKenna, Professor of Anthropology, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IndianaF. John Meaney, Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona, Tucson, ArizonaRobert J. Meier, Chancellor’s Professor ... without a trace of scientific basis, often tothe detriment of the patient. The mercury and bloodlet-ting of earlier times nowadays are replaced by massiveover-prescription of drugs (one of the leading...