Devenir médecin acupuncteur : trajectoire et engagements du Dr Léa Simon

Initially in favour of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and strongly opposed to orthodox medicine, Léa Simon entered medical school with reluctance then pursued private training to qualify in acupuncture before becoming a specialist in a teaching hospital. This atypical case draws our at...

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Main Author: Ronald Guilloux
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Language:fra
Published: Association Anthropologie Médicale Appliquée au Développement et à la Santé 2013-11-01
Series:Anthropologie & Santé
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/anthropologiesante/1141
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description Initially in favour of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and strongly opposed to orthodox medicine, Léa Simon entered medical school with reluctance then pursued private training to qualify in acupuncture before becoming a specialist in a teaching hospital. This atypical case draws our attention to the crucial role of medical studies and raises the issue of Dr Simon’s engagement in medicine despite her exclusive interest in CAM. Studying a single case allows for a deep analysis of two central processes behind an individual trajectory: professional self-fulfillment and the means for legitimating CAM. Using the methods of life narrative and action regimes, we reveal an itinerary composed of two regimes of engagement: the contradictory regime of medical studies and the coherent regime of the beginning of a professional career (first militant then adaptive). An analysis of Dr Simon’s system of values reveals the coexistence of humanist, pragmatic and ideological values. It also underlines the importance of the acupuncture medical identity she eventually found and the importance of care in this construction.
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Devenir médecin acupuncteur : trajectoire et engagements du Dr Léa Simon
Anthropologie & Santé
acupuncture
complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)
medical students
trajectory
regime of engagement
professional
title Devenir médecin acupuncteur : trajectoire et engagements du Dr Léa Simon
title_full Devenir médecin acupuncteur : trajectoire et engagements du Dr Léa Simon
title_fullStr Devenir médecin acupuncteur : trajectoire et engagements du Dr Léa Simon
title_full_unstemmed Devenir médecin acupuncteur : trajectoire et engagements du Dr Léa Simon
title_short Devenir médecin acupuncteur : trajectoire et engagements du Dr Léa Simon
title_sort devenir medecin acupuncteur trajectoire et engagements du dr lea simon
topic acupuncture
complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)
medical students
trajectory
regime of engagement
professional
url https://journals.openedition.org/anthropologiesante/1141
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