- Philippe Svandra: Chargé de cours à l'Université Paris Est Marne-la-Vallée, CH Sainte-Anne, 1, rue Cabanis, 75014 Paris, France. Electronic address: p.svandra@ch-sainte-anne.fr.
Modern medicine, with its cutting-edge technology, questions the notions of dehumanisation, over-medicalisation, the relationship to care. It seems to be aimed more at the disease than the patient. Complementary care approaches, which also encompass conventional medicine, guide and support the patient. Today, they have a role in giving back to the patient a feeling of being present in the world and testify to different approaches.