La reconnaissance d’autrui comme prérequis à toute forme de consentement et d’assentiment : Une réponse à Verpaelst et Touyz

Abstract

Medicine creates a tacit contract of appropriation of the medicalized body that consent forms simply formalize. The story of Frank Verpaelst highlights the primacy of the need for recognition that is inherent to the doctor/patient encounter, whether in the context of teaching, research or care.

Keywords

• consent
• assent
• theory of recognition
• Axel Honneth
• medicalization