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Seller: Librairie Barbin, Paris, FranceLibrairie Barbin
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Grand in-quarto broché - exemplaire en parfait état véritablement comme neuf - PERFECT COPY LIKE NEW « Ce n'est pas parce qu'on est en Afrique que l'on peut faire n'importe quoi ! » Le cri que pousse l'auteur dans ce récit intense et accusateur est celui d'un amoureux de l'Afrique et des Africains. C'est aussi une alerte et un appel au secours qu'il lance à tous ceux qui veulent un bel avenir sanitaire pour le continent noir. Médecin engagé depuis ses débuts dans les hôpitaux psychiatriques fermés des années 1970, il n'a jamais renoncé à sa passion pour les grands malades mentaux, ni à une réelle compassion pour les souffrances cachées. Après son départ en retraite, il a multiplié les engagements humanitaires au service de ceux qu'il nomme avec affection les «fous», en France, auprès des associations de parents d'autistes et dans des ONG en Afrique de l'Ouest et à Madagascar. De son périple et de sa découverte de la maladie mentale dans ces pays en devenir, il a tiré un livre dérangeant, intransigeant, désespéré parfois. On le suit dans ses rencontres, à la découverte de « cas » improbables, pris dans des dilemmes, dans des hésitations, dans des emballements, dans des colères. Il explore et dissèque les dérives de certaines institutions, le silence complice des acteurs politiques et de santé, l'indifférence internationale. « L'Afrique, c'est loin, il n'y a pas la clim, mais doit-on pour autant la condamner à n'avoir d'autre choix, en matière de santé, que la peste ou le choléra, le plus mauvais ou le pire ? » Au fil des pages, ce sont ses déconvenues successives, ses enthousiasmes, ses combats, ses conseils, ses projets qui saisissent le lecteur et en font le témoin d'un drame muet, celui des malades mentaux et des autistes d'Afrique. Qui s'étiolent et se désespèrent dans un silence assourdissant. Une omerta qu'il faut briser. D'urgence. Pierre Sans est médecin psychiatre, retraité après cinquante ans de carrière auprès des grands psychotiques et des autistes. Auteur de plusieurs ouvrages sur les alternatives à l'hospitalisation, il partage désormais sa vie entre sa vie à la campagne, son jardin, ses petits-enfants et ses engagements auprès des parents d'autistes et des associations en Afrique.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Fous d'Afrique, l'omerta
- Author
- Pierre Sans
- Publication year
- 2018
- Condition
- as new
- Binding
- soft cover
- Edition
- first edition.
- Seller catalogs
- STE
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