Quand médecins et patients-es sont confrontés-es aux dimensions existentielles de la maladie [When physicians and patients face the existential dimensions of illness]
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Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Review (review): journal as complete as possible of one specific subject, written based on exhaustive analyses from published work.
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Title
Quand médecins et patients-es sont confrontés-es aux dimensions existentielles de la maladie [When physicians and patients face the existential dimensions of illness]
Journal
Revue medicale suisse
ISSN
1660-9379 (Print)
ISSN-L
1660-9379
Publication state
Published
Issued date
14/02/2024
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
20
Number
861
Pages
352-355
Language
french
Notes
Publication types: English Abstract ; Journal Article
Publication Status: ppublish
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
Our self-consciousness allows us to know that we exist and to situate ourselves in the world. However, self-consciousness also makes us realize that our existence is characterized by vulnerabilities, that we are individuals with experiences which cannot be experienced by the other and that we will not escape finitude. This selfconsciousness is usually in the background of our mind but may be brought to centre stage in case of illnesses which evolve toward death. Certain disciplines of medicine try to consider the existential dimensions of disease. The question remains what medicine can offer in such situations and why and for whom interventions to increase the well-being of patients under existential threat are proposed. An analysis of these developments needs to focus not only on patients, but also the clinician, medicine, and society.
Keywords
Humans, Medicine, Existentialism, Physicians
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