L'époux de la démocrate Gaby Giffords, la représentante démocrate atteinte à la tête lors de la tuerie en Arizona, aura bientôt à trancher une délicate question... Mark Kelly est astronaute et il devrait normalement être le commandant du dernier vol de la navette Endeavour. Comme sa conjointe est présentement en réhabilitation, on se demande s'il préférera demeurer avec elle (elle enregistre toujours des progrès) où s'il absentera quelques semaines. Si la réponse est personnelle, les avis des spécialistes sur la question peuvent être pertinents:
"I don't think he can lose either way," said Dr. Louann Brizendine, a psychiatrist at the University of California at San Francisco and author of "The Male Brain" and "The Female Brain."
If he decides to go, she said, people will understand that it's for a short period of time. "It's a one-time opportunity perhaps for him. It's what he's trained to do, and also he would only leave if he knew she was in super-good care," Brizendine said. "So I don't think he'll get terribly criticized if he goes."
On the other hand, if he stays, "he would get a lot of praise and a lot of kudos, for staying by her bedside," she said.
Research shows a strong social support network – family, friends, church or similar – is crucial for rehabilitating patients and improves the outcome.
But that doesn't mean a spouse has to be there 24-7, 365 days, said Dr. David Lacey, medical director of acute inpatient rehab services at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in North Carolina.
Que feriez-vous? J'ai déjà été confronté à cette question et je ne suis toujours pas convaincu d'avoir posé les bons gestes...
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