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Palliative Care 2016
September 29-30, 2016
Volume 6 Issue 5(Suppl) J Palliat Care Med
ISSN: 2165-7386 JPCM, an open access journal
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September 29-30, 2016 Toronto, Canada
2nd Global Congress onHospice & Palliative Care
Alexis Ribereau, J Palliat Care Med 2016, 6:5(Suppl)
TOWARDS A PHILOSOPHIC CARE ?
Alexis Ribereaua
aParis 1 Patnhéon-Sorbonne, France
In front of the technoscientific construction of medicine, philosophy must intervene by analysing the ethical issues that arise
in the healthcare environment. This applied ethics approach is now the strongest link between care and philosophy. However,
it is not the only one that can be conceived. There is currently a strong reflection on the end of life, supported in France by the
palliative care movement. An important part of philosophy consists of a reflection on the meaning and value of life. However,
this meaning is particularly questioned at the end of life. This reflection led by philosophy does not serve a purely speculative
purpose. The Socratic maieutic is an example of support for others in their questioning. Is it possible to achieve a ‘philosophical
care’ for terminally ill patients? Psychology and religion have their place in the healthcare context. Can it be the same for an
active philosophy? In this way, it could prevent that the dechristianisation of our society undermines existential assistance to
patients at the end of life.
Biography
Alexis Ribereau has completed his master's in Human Science, with a speciality in philosophy, at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University in Paris, France, in 2013
when he was 22. After a work experience in the palliative care service in the hospital of Châteauroux (Indre, France) he continues his contribution to the ethic
reflexion in Centre Val-de-Loire.