[The strength of fragile].
Chronic disorder not only modifies the patient's health status; it affects the body relationship and its potential; it decreases its power to act, changes its relation to time, to its relatives, in shortcut it affects all dimensions of the relationship with oneself, with others, and the world. However, if we assume that a patient cannot be reduced to his/her illness but must always be treated with the respect of a person, we also understand how chronic and debilitating disease affects both freedom (or autonomy) and perfectibility (or creativity). By analyzing the different forms of freedom of the patient, this paper intends to rehabilitate the fragile own strength which is fortitude. It manifests itself in attitudes and virtues such as gentleness, patience, attention to the present, hope, power of thought. It also intends to show that it is supporting fragile and allowing them to develop their own way of acting and living as humanity became intelligent and creative.
Université de Rennes 1, 35000 Rennes, France. Electronic address: jacqueline.lagree@orange.fr.
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D001290:Attitude; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000523:psychology*; D003657:Decision Making; D005610:Freedom; D006801:Humans; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D028701:Patient Rights; D010465:Perception; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D020377:Self Efficacy
Chronic disease; Force d’âme; Fortitude; Fragility; Fragilité; Maladies chroniques