The second major critique of the biomedical model is less about the model itself, and more about the arrogance and hubris that it engenders in its followers. Since the 1950s, dozens of writers have taken biomedicine to task for its hegemonic power (meaning its ‘preponderant influence or authority over others’ ) and control over the way we think about health and illness. People like Elliot Freidson, Terry Johnson, Magali Sarfatti Larson, Anne Witz, Ivan Illich, Mike Saks, and Anthony Giddens have offered scathing critiques of the biomedical model. The biomedical model, they argue, attempts to penetrate too deeply into people’s lives, leaving little room for other ways of … [Read more...] about Critique of the biomedical model #2