Comment droit et éthique s'enrichissent mutuellement dans la prise en charge médicale des personnes avec handicap

Whatever his or her disability, a person has the right to medical care of the same quality as any other patient. The law tries to meet the needs of vulnerable people, regardless of their situation. For example, a minor, disabled or not, may seek a treatment while preserving confidentiality regarding his/her parents. Privacy is a concept that does not begin at 18. In France, the law of 4 March 2002 already addressed this hypothesis; the law of 26 January 2016 modernizing our health system extended it. An adult, disabled or not, may need help not only for administrative and financial procedures, but also for medical or medicosocial matters. The law offers various support solutions with the family, guardian, support person, relatives, caregivers, attorneys involved with a mandate for future protection. In medical practice, a number of situations, simple in theory, can be very problematic. The ethical approach will be essential to help deal with all these questions.