GYNECOLOGISTS AND PSYCHIATRISTS APPROACH TO REQUESTS FOR MEDICAL ASSISTED REPRODUCTION

Although the law of bioethics, voted in july 1994, gives a frame to ri te treatment of infertility the gynecologists are still dealing, in th eir day to day activity, with baby requests that they find difficult t o give response to for reasons that are non biological. The ame of pre sent study! was to provide answers to gynecologists's request : In wha t way can psychiatrists help the gynecologists to manage theses proble matic requests ? By attending these gynecologists consultations, we we re br-ought to question. the implications of the infertility consultat ion that could be describe as a ''peculiar encounter ''. Our observati ons led us so think that the true encounter was taking place between d esirs and we tried to question these desirs, Our proposition was to su ggest the gynecologists to participate in a supervision scheme, in ord er to better understand this intersubjective encounter.