{"id":17773,"date":"2020-09-16T10:05:11","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T08:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dirkvanbabylon.com\/?p=17773"},"modified":"2026-09-03T06:28:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T04:28:27","slug":"memoires-dun-medecin-generaliste-partie-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dirkvanbabylon.com\/fr\/medecine-generale\/memoires-dun-medecin-generaliste\/memoires-dun-medecin-generaliste-partie-1\/","title":{"rendered":"M\u00e9moires d\u2019un m\u00e9decin g\u00e9n\u00e9raliste, partie 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Mon enfance et mes ann\u00e9es d\u2019\u00e9tudes<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aujourd\u2019hui, nous commen\u00e7ons une nouvelle s\u00e9rie sur ce site. Dans cette s\u00e9rie d\u2019articles, je reviens sur ma carri\u00e8re de m\u00e9decin g\u00e9n\u00e9raliste au c\u0153ur de Bruxelles. Aujourd\u2019hui, je parle de mon enfance et de mes ann\u00e9es d\u2019\u00e9tudes. Bonne lecture !<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Le 15 mai 1956, j\u2019ai vu le jour \u00e0 l\u2019h\u00f4pital d\u2019Asse, dans la p\u00e9riph\u00e9rie de Bruxelles. Il \u00e9tait d\u00e9j\u00e0 \u00e9crit dans les \u00e9toiles que je deviendrais m\u00e9decin g\u00e9n\u00e9raliste. Ma m\u00e8re \u00e9tait en effet gravement malade \u2013 elle souffrait de [scl\u00e9rose en plaques] \u2013 et, aussi loin que je me souvienne, elle r\u00eavait que je devienne m\u00e9decin g\u00e9n\u00e9raliste et que je d\u00e9couvre un traitement pour sa maladie.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">En secret, je r\u00eavais de devenir \u00e9crivain, mais cela ne plaisait gu\u00e8re \u00e0 ma m\u00e8re, qui estimait que je devais d\u2019abord apprendre un vrai m\u00e9tier. Il m\u2019arrivait parfois de proposer de devenir avocat ou quelque chose de ce genre, mais elle savait toujours tr\u00e8s habilement retourner la situation en disant que m\u00e9decin \u00e9tait tout de m\u00eame une profession beaucoup plus noble.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">J\u2019ai fait mes humanit\u00e9s chez les j\u00e9suites \u00e0 Alost. En raison de mon amour des langues, j\u2019ai choisi la section latin-sciences.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">En 1974, ma vie a alors compl\u00e8tement chang\u00e9. En f\u00e9vrier, ma m\u00e8re est d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9e apr\u00e8s une longue p\u00e9riode de souffrance. En septembre de la m\u00eame ann\u00e9e, je me suis retrouv\u00e9 \u00e0 Louvain pour am\u00e9nager ma chambre d\u2019\u00e9tudiant et commencer mes \u00e9tudes de m\u00e9decine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00c0 l\u2019\u00e9poque, il y avait trois ann\u00e9es de candidature et quatre ann\u00e9es de doctorat. La premi\u00e8re ann\u00e9e de candidature commen\u00e7ait par un aper\u00e7u des sciences dont on avait besoin pour devenir m\u00e9decin et avait donc peu \u00e0 voir avec la m\u00e9decine proprement dite. Pourtant, j\u2019\u00e9tais extr\u00eamement fascin\u00e9 par la mani\u00e8re dont ces sciences s\u2019imbriquaient les unes dans les autres pour former un r\u00e9cit coh\u00e9rent. Au cours des ann\u00e9es de candidature suivantes venait alors le r\u00e9cit du corps humain. Enfin, pendant les ann\u00e9es de doctorat, on abordait la pathologie, c\u2019est-\u00e0-dire le corps humain atteint dans son fonctionnement. Dans l\u2019ensemble, les \u00e9tudes se d\u00e9roul\u00e8rent sans difficult\u00e9.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L\u2019ann\u00e9e de stage 1979-1980 fut \u00e0 nouveau une \u00e9tape d\u00e9cisive de ma vie. C\u2019est \u00e0 cette \u00e9poque que je me suis totalement \u00e9panoui en tant qu\u2019\u00eatre humain. Cela avait \u00e0 voir avec mon stage, que j\u2019ai pass\u00e9 en grande partie en Afrique. Pourquoi l\u2019Afrique ? D\u00e8s mon enfance, j\u2019avais d\u00e9j\u00e0 \u00e9t\u00e9 impr\u00e9gn\u00e9 par l\u2019id\u00e9e missionnaire. De plus, j\u2019\u00e9tais tr\u00e8s fascin\u00e9 par les tropiques et curieux de d\u00e9couvrir la m\u00e9decine qui s\u2019y pratiquait. \u00c0 l\u2019origine, je n\u2019avais pas \u00e9t\u00e9 tir\u00e9 au sort pour obtenir une place de stage, mais par un heureux concours de circonstances, je me suis finalement retrouv\u00e9 dans ce qui \u00e9tait alors le Congo de Mobutu. Ce fut une exp\u00e9rience d\u00e9terminante pour moi, en tant qu\u2019homme et en tant que m\u00e9decin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">J\u2019\u00e9tais en effet un adolescent plut\u00f4t renfrogn\u00e9 et m\u00e9fiant, et c\u2019est l\u00e0 que, pour la premi\u00e8re fois, j\u2019ai \u00e9t\u00e9 confront\u00e9 \u00e0 moi-m\u00eame, en ce sens que la population locale me traitait comme son \u00e9gal et m\u2019accueillait \u00e0 bras ouverts. Les Africains se touchent \u00e9galement lorsqu\u2019ils se parlent, et ce fut pour moi une v\u00e9ritable r\u00e9v\u00e9lation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Par ailleurs, mon s\u00e9jour l\u00e0-bas eut un impact consid\u00e9rable sur moi en tant que m\u00e9decin. Auparavant, j\u2019avais tendance \u00e0 porter des jugements sur la vie. Je divisais l\u2019humanit\u00e9 en personnes raisonnables d\u2019un c\u00f4t\u00e9 et personnes moins dou\u00e9es de l\u2019autre. En Afrique, j\u2019ai appris qu\u2019il ne fallait pas juger les gens, mais les \u00e9valuer en fonction de leur authenticit\u00e9, de leur spontan\u00e9it\u00e9, de leur honn\u00eatet\u00e9, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Les personnes que je consid\u00e9rais autrefois comme appartenant \u00e0 la classe sup\u00e9rieure ne sont certainement pas les meilleurs patients. On re\u00e7oit beaucoup plus de chaleur, d\u2019amiti\u00e9 et de reconnaissance de la part des gens simples que des personnes hautement instruites. J\u2019ai \u00e9galement beaucoup plus appris des Noirs que des Blancs, pour le dire de mani\u00e8re tr\u00e8s sch\u00e9matique.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Photo : [Ken \/ CC BY]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Racont\u00e9 par Peter van Breusegem. \u00c9crit par Marc Verstraeten.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mon enfance et mes ann\u00e9es d\u2019\u00e9tudes Aujourd\u2019hui, nous commen\u00e7ons une nouvelle s\u00e9rie sur ce site. 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He studied German language and culture, specializing in linguistics and economics at the universities of Strasbourg, Berlin, and Lille. After a first career in marketing for the luxury hospitality sector in Brussels and London, he transitioned to teaching. He became a German teacher and an International Baccalaureate instructor of German and French at international schools in Asia\u2014in Beijing, Hanoi, Manila, and Kuala Lumpur. He then devoted nine years to private research in a variety of fields, culminating in the publication of a series of books. Olivier has been fascinated his whole life by the Far East and the contrasting philosophical intuitions it evokes. His focus gradually shifted from personal and intimate encounters, over language and culture to the deeper mechanisms of epistemology. During his years in Asia, he encountered Eastern thought, which prompted him to intensively investigate the structural differences in how civilizations perceive knowledge, value, and reality. His research was informed by thinkers such as Heraclitus, Laozi, Leibniz, Iain McGilchrist, Paul Mus, and Tran Duc Thao, whose insights paved the way for an innovative synthesis. Iain McGilchrist's hypothesis of hemispheric asymmetry, in particular, offered the final key to unlocking an epistemological impasse that had fascinated him for decades. His work represents both a culmination and a continuation of this age-old dialogue. Lichtenberg's intellectual journey began with intimate exposure to cultural boundaries from childhood, fostering an early sensitivity to the relativity of worldviews. His extended residence in Asia\u2014particularly transformative years in Beijing and Hanoi\u2014provided direct encounter with alternative epistemological frameworks that challenged Western assumptions about knowledge and reality. This experiential foundation sparked systematic inquiry into the mechanics of epistemology, leading to investigation of how different civilizations construct and validate knowledge. The author's multilingual background enabled access to primary sources across traditions, while his economic training provided analytical tools for examining the practical implications of philosophical divergence. Key intellectual influences emerged through engagement with overlooked thinkers: Hans F\u00fcrstenberg's dialectical vision of the 21st century revealed possibilities for synthesis beyond binary opposition; Iain McGilchrist's hemispheric analysis provided neurological grounding for civilizational differences; Ernst Bloch's metaphorical interpretation of religion suggested pathways beyond literal dogmatism. Paul Mus's cross-cultural mediation and Albert Schweitzer's universal ethics demonstrated practical applications of philosophical integration. 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