title: [The dignity of the insane person].
abstract: The notion of dignity, in the ontological sense, has its roots in Christianity and the work of Emmanuel Kant. In a principle of postural acceptance, it rejects absolutely the insane person as being unworthy. It is the psychiatric caregivers' duty to question their notion of dignity and to use it to consider their practice in depth.
authors: Université de Paris-Est-Marne-la-Vallée, Champs-sur-Marne. eric.fiat@wanadoo.fr
authors: Eric
authors: E
authors: Fiat
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002835:Christianity; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D028723:Personhood; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D011287:Prejudice; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D057545:Social Stigma