Caring for the Sick Person Through a Gift: A Socio-Anthropological Analysis

Sylvie Myriam Ambomo

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Caring for the Sick Person Through a Gift: A Socio-Anthropological Analysis

Sylvie Myriam Ambomo

Published in American Journal of Nursing and Health Sciences (Volume 4, Issue 1)

Received: 5 January 2023 Accepted: 13 February 2023 Published: 9 March 2023

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Abstract

The issue of donation makes sense in a world where the capitalist logic is growing. The challenges of giving to people in need during the day dedicated to the sick was an opportunity for us to make an anthropological reading of caring for the sick through giving. Indeed, the sick person is vulnerable and requires a particular look. Their needs are biological, psychological, social and spiritual. Caring for them through gifts in kind and the gift of oneself (accompaniment, touching, listening, education and care) are dimensions of caring. However, this approach to the gift is not always shared by all, as it does not necessarily follow the logic of Marcel Mauss' theoretical model. The concept of donation, distorted by the individualist paradigm, is part of a system of giving-receiving-giving back or the theory of reciprocity oriented towards the understanding of social obligations, which has allowed us to understand the practices of donation in our modern societies and particularly in the outbursts of solidarity of donations to the sick organised by the School of Health Sciences each year. This article is an echo for health professionals to understand that making a donation to a sick person is taking care of the other (giving), in a situation of fragility, it is giving oneself to the other.

Published in	American Journal of Nursing and Health Sciences (Volume 4, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajnhs.20230401.13
Page(s)	12-18
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Caring, Gift, Sick Person, Socioanthropological

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School of Health Sciences, Catholic University of Central Africa, Yaoundé, Cameroon

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