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Who is called the fool? Is he someone who's opinion is automatically viewed as nonsensical, being unable to consent or to refuse a treatment? Does his condition induce an inaptitude to determine what is right for him? Are we ready and capable, as jurists and as psychiatrists, to help the fool earn the right to self-determination, to autonomy? According to our hypothetical view on this issue, the protagonists of the legal processes would be profoundly influenced by the social representations of madness. Victim of such prejudices, the fool is compelled to submit himself to the power of the health experts, on their strong influence on the decision-makers. We are claiming more freedom for those who are, all too often, prisoners of our narrow-minded conception of their disease.
Keywords: fou, inaptitude, refus de traitement, procès, représentations sociales, fool, incapacity, treatment refusal, trial, social representations