Le Devoir de non-abandon
Collection Recherches morales
336 pages - mai 2004
31,90€
Si les questions de bioéthique suscitent aujourd'hui encore quelques passions, l'actualité nous renvoie plus directement et de manière urgente aux réalités de l'éthique hospitalière et du soin. Les débats relatifs à la fin de vie, à la dépendance, aux handicaps, à la grande vieillesse, à l'accueil des vulnérabilités sociales mais aussi aux droits des personnes malades, touchent à la nature et au sens de responsabilités et de décisions qui ont pour cadre l'hôpital public. En 1995, Emmanuel Hirsch initie avec le concours de soignants de l'Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (premier groupe hospitalier européen) une démarche sans précédent : la création de l'Espace éthique AP-HP. Observatoire des pratiques hospitalières et institut universitaire de formation et de recherche, cette structure est désormais considérée comme une référence au plan national et européen. D'autres institutions conçoivent aujourd'hui leur approche de l'éthique professionnelle sur son modèle. C'est dire l'intérêt de l'expérience acquise à travers les années. Elle est en grande partie reprise et analysée dans cet ouvrage, au plus près des réalités quotidiennes du soin. Au cœur des enjeux les plus délicats de la vie en société, l'hôpital public est sollicité par des demandes et des attentes chaque jour plus fortes. Garant à sa façon des valeurs démocratiques, c'est vers ce lieu d'exception, accessible de manière continue et en toutes circonstances, que sont dirigées les vulnérabilités et les souffrances de la vie. L'hospitalité y est vécue dans l'engagement éthique et pratique du soin. Ne convient-il pas dès lors de mieux comprendre ce que signifie la relation de soin vécue et assumée par les professionnels comme devoir de non-abandon ? Que représentent aujourd'hui les valeurs hospitalières dans une société à la recherche de repères mais aussi de signes tangibles d'humanité, de sollicitude et de solidarité ? Comment comprendre cette expression d'une résistance éthique assumée par des professionnels face aux tentations du désistement, du renoncement, voire de l'indifférence ? L'hôpital incarne au vif des réalités sociales les plus délicates un engagement moral et politique qui s'avère plus que jamais indispensable à la cohésion sociale.
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If bio-ethical questions still arouse passions today, the news refers us more directly and urgently to the realities of ethics in hospitals and health care. Debates about the end of life, dependence, handicaps, the very old, the treatment of the socially vulnerable and the rights of the sick; they affect the very nature and meaning of the responsibilities and decisions that are assumed in the context of the public hospital. In 1995, Emmanuel Hirsch, with the help of the medical staff of the Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (Europe’s biggest hospital group) took an unprecedented step: the creation of the Espace éthique AP-HP. An observatory of hospital practice and the university training and research institute, this structure is now regarded as a reference in France and throughout Europe; other institutions use this model to establish their own approach to professional ethics. The experiment has attracted more and more interest with the passing years. This book recounts and analyses that adventure almost in its entirety, while remaining close to the daily realities of health care. At the very heart of one of our society’s most sensitive areas, the public hospital sees a daily augmentation in expectations and demands. In its own way, the public hospital is a warranty of democratic values: it is to this exceptional place, constantly accessible, in all circumstances, that we take our vulnerability and our suffering. There, hospitality takes the form of ethical engagement and the practice of health care. In these conditions, shouldn’t we have better understanding of the relation of care dispensed and assumed by professionals as a duty of non-abandon? What do hospital ethics represent today, in a society that is trying to find its bearings while also tangible signs of humanity, solicitude and solidarity? How can we understand the manifestation of ethical resistance assumed by health care professionals who are confronted with the temptation to abstain, to renounce, even to show indifference? The hospital is the living incarnation of the most sensitive moral and political engagement of all social realities, more indispensable than ever to the cohesion of our society.
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If bio-ethical questions still arouse passions today, the news refers us more directly and urgently to the realities of ethics in hospitals and health care. Debates about the end of life, dependence, handicaps, the very old, the treatment of the socially vulnerable and the rights of the sick; they affect the very nature and meaning of the responsibilities and decisions that are assumed in the context of the public hospital. In 1995, Emmanuel Hirsch, with the help of the medical staff of the Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (Europe’s biggest hospital group) took an unprecedented step: the creation of the Espace éthique AP-HP. An observatory of hospital practice and the university training and research institute, this structure is now regarded as a reference in France and throughout Europe; other institutions use this model to establish their own approach to professional ethics. The experiment has attracted more and more interest with the passing years. This book recounts and analyses that adventure almost in its entirety, while remaining close to the daily realities of health care. At the very heart of one of our society’s most sensitive areas, the public hospital sees a daily augmentation in expectations and demands. In its own way, the public hospital is a warranty of democratic values: it is to this exceptional place, constantly accessible, in all circumstances, that we take our vulnerability and our suffering. There, hospitality takes the form of ethical engagement and the practice of health care. In these conditions, shouldn’t we have better understanding of the relation of care dispensed and assumed by professionals as a duty of non-abandon? What do hospital ethics represent today, in a society that is trying to find its bearings while also tangible signs of humanity, solicitude and solidarity? How can we understand the manifestation of ethical resistance assumed by health care professionals who are confronted with the temptation to abstain, to renounce, even to show indifference? The hospital is the living incarnation of the most sensitive moral and political engagement of all social realities, more indispensable than ever to the cohesion of our society.
- Dimensions : 135x215x20
- ISBN : 9782204075299
- Poids : 420 grammes
Avec la collaboration de : Didier Sicard
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