title: Medical treatments of the future: Between animality and artifice.
abstract: Medical treatments are behavioural phenomena developed through acculturation, but dating back to our animal ancestors. Medical treatments, and indeed other cultural phenomena, have been extensively developed in certain human societies, triggering risks that could affect the future of mankind. Excessive modification of the physical animal function of the human body, which has matured harmoniously over millions of years of biological evolution, may change the very nature of the human being. Respect for the animal nature of the human being stands as a key safeguard when considering medical treatments for the future.
authors.affiliation: ICM-CNRS and IHPST-CNRS, Pavillon Clérambault, Hôpital Salpêtrière, 47, boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France. Electronic address: georges.chapouthier@upmc.fr.
authors.forename: Georges
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chapouthier
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D006801:Humans; D013812:Therapeutics / Q000639:trends*
keywords: Animal; Culture; Futur; Future Medical treatments; Thérapeutiques