Historique
Article de Périodique
Compulsory treatment of narcotic addiction (1986)
(Traitement par contrainte de la toxicomanie)
Auteur(s) :
WEBSTER, C. D.
Année
1986
Page(s) :
133-159
Sous-type de document :
Revue de la littérature / Literature review
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
46
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
LOI (Loi et son application / Law enforcement)
Thésaurus mots-clés
OBLIGATION DE SOINS
;
HISTOIRE
;
CULTURE
;
LEGISLATION
;
POLITIQUE
;
JUSTICE
;
COMPULSION
Résumé :
FRANÇAIS :
Revue de la littérature sur le traitement obligatoire et par contrainte des toxicomanes selon deux axes : temporel, historique et géographique; partant de la contradiction entre le concept de soin et celui de contrainte, l'auteur passe en revue les diverses situations rencontrées et quelques problèmes :
- la perspective : le toxicomane, malade ou délinquant ;
- l'hétérogénéité de la population de toxicomanes ;
- législation et politique juridiques compétitives, changeantes et contradictoires ;
- l'existence d'une législation sur le traitement, mais rien sur l'évaluation. [Résumé Toxibase]
ENGLISH:
This review hinges on two concepts: compulsion and treatment. Compulsion in the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary connotes the idea of being compelled, constrained, obliged, or coerced. To treat, in the sense pertinent to present considerations, means to deal with or operate upon a person or part of a body to relieve or cure. There is, too, a sense in which the word "treatable" stands for being easily handled or dealt with, tractable, docile, or affable. These two definition, though seemingly at variance with one another, help to define the broad issue at stake in the present discussion: Is it the case that addicts to heroin and similar drugs can be "handled or dealt with" through "obligatory or coercive measures"? The question is not only of vital concern to mental health planners and addicts themselves, but is important generally because it raises questions about the limits and uses of present knowledge in the medical and behavioral sciences. If information now available could be applied in such a way as to reduce, if not eradicate, needless suffering of addicts, then it would seem only reasonable that medical authorities be granted, if necessary, the privilege of applying a certain degree of temporary constraint in the expectation that patients might eventually be able to enjoy more personally satisfying and socially productive lives. [Extract]
Revue de la littérature sur le traitement obligatoire et par contrainte des toxicomanes selon deux axes : temporel, historique et géographique; partant de la contradiction entre le concept de soin et celui de contrainte, l'auteur passe en revue les diverses situations rencontrées et quelques problèmes :
- la perspective : le toxicomane, malade ou délinquant ;
- l'hétérogénéité de la population de toxicomanes ;
- législation et politique juridiques compétitives, changeantes et contradictoires ;
- l'existence d'une législation sur le traitement, mais rien sur l'évaluation. [Résumé Toxibase]
ENGLISH:
This review hinges on two concepts: compulsion and treatment. Compulsion in the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary connotes the idea of being compelled, constrained, obliged, or coerced. To treat, in the sense pertinent to present considerations, means to deal with or operate upon a person or part of a body to relieve or cure. There is, too, a sense in which the word "treatable" stands for being easily handled or dealt with, tractable, docile, or affable. These two definition, though seemingly at variance with one another, help to define the broad issue at stake in the present discussion: Is it the case that addicts to heroin and similar drugs can be "handled or dealt with" through "obligatory or coercive measures"? The question is not only of vital concern to mental health planners and addicts themselves, but is important generally because it raises questions about the limits and uses of present knowledge in the medical and behavioral sciences. If information now available could be applied in such a way as to reduce, if not eradicate, needless suffering of addicts, then it would seem only reasonable that medical authorities be granted, if necessary, the privilege of applying a certain degree of temporary constraint in the expectation that patients might eventually be able to enjoy more personally satisfying and socially productive lives. [Extract]
Affiliation :
Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, Canada