Confidence vanished or impaired until distrust in the doctor-patient relationship because of COVID-19: Confidence vanished or impaired until distrust: "COVID" in relationship.

Since Hippocrates, the cornerstone of medical practice has been the doctor-patient relationship. The question here is whether these basic principles are still compatible with this unusual COVID-period. This pandemic represents a serious threat to human health, leading to profound changes in behavior in daily life but also in health care.

[A eulogy to old age].

To many people, old age appears to be a period of suffering and malaise. Others are tempted to promote a fantasy old age, and even rediscover, through scientific discoveries, the myth of eternal youth. However, accepting and celebrating the autumn of life means firstly understanding old age for what it is: the sign of our human condition.

[The dignity of the insane person].

The notion of dignity, in the ontological sense, has its roots in Christianity and the work of Emmanuel Kant. In a principle of postural acceptance, it rejects absolutely the insane person as being unworthy. It is the psychiatric caregivers' duty to question their notion of dignity and to use it to consider their practice in depth.