[Addressing the issue of seclusion and restraint in psychiatry]. / Envisager la question de l'isolement et de la contention en psychiatrie.

In an ever-changing environment, the question of the meaning of care within a caring, ethical framework is of paramount importance. The development of a patient-centred approach relies on an understanding of the Other. Caring and empathy are the essential foundations of this approach. An attempt to analyze practices through a few notions of ethics can be proposed.