[cwzwarich]

Walter Isaacson quoted Steve Jobs as giving this reason:

"I didn't want my body to be opened... I didn't want to be violated in that way."

It's still not a good reason to avoid surgery, but it's also not a rejection of medical science.

[Ididntdothis]

I have talked to cancer patients and treatment really violates people. You go through endless tests, get treatments with horrific side effects and basically are just treated like an object. I have heard several times that they wanted to stop treatment just because it was such a terrible experience physically and psychologically. Not sure how to do better but it’s understandable.

[Balgair]

It's a real pickle for practitioners, that is why consent is a HUGE deal with the medical field.

ICU Psychosis is a 'good' example of what kinds of things can happen with patients undergoing lifesaving treatment.

https://www.medicinenet.com/icu_psychosis/article.htm

Here is a story about undergoing ICU Psychosis: https://icupsychosis.blogspot.com/2009/07/my-own-story.html

Even in countries that have functional medical systems, medical treatment can be very de-humanizing. It's not something that may every go away, as medical practice fundamentally clashes with most people's idea of selfhood.