Enjeux éthiques liés à la prise en charge médicamenteuse de la dysfonction érectile chez les patients détenus

Abstract

In France, one man out of five suffers from erectile dysfunction. Yet it is still a taboo subject, because erectile dysfunction undermines the symbol of virility in our phallocentric society. In the collective imagination, erectile dysfunction is commonly associated with impotence and weakness.This pathology seems even more taboo in prison environment. Perhaps because it's a closed environment governed by the law of the strongest.The fact remains, however, that this dysfunction can lead to profound somatic and/or psychological uneasiness, so that therapeutic treatment appears legitimate or necessary. However this legitimacy is limited by the patient's status as a prisoner.This work has neither the vocation nor the pretention to provide specialized content on any particular discipline. On the contrary, it promotes a multidisciplinary approach based on philosophy, medicine, history and law. The main aim of this article is therefore to lay the foundations for an ethical reflection on the therapeutic management of convicts suffering from erectile dysfunction.