Paul Tournier

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Paul Tournier (born May 12, 1898 in Geneva , † October 7, 1986 in Troinex ) was a Swiss doctor and writer . He was a pioneer and visionary of an integrative approach to medicine , psychotherapy and pastoral care and coined the term “médecine de la personne”, the therapeutic doctor-patient relationship as a healing element in treatment.

Life

Paul Tournier was born the son of the clergyman and poet Jacques-Louis Tournier (1828–1898) and his wife Alisabeth, née Ormond. His 70 year old father died shortly after he was born.

After studying medicine at the University of Geneva , he did an internship in Paris . In 1920 he became a delegate of the International Committee of the Red Cross . After receiving his federal diploma in medicine in 1923, he specialized in internal medicine . On October 4, 1924, he married Nelly Bouvier. The marriage had two children. In 1928 he opened his medical practice in Geneva. In the years from 1939 to 1945 he was unable to continue his private practice due to military service in the Swiss Army .

In 1940 he published his first book entitled Illness and Life Problems . He was the initiator of the International Conference of the Medicine of the Person in Bossey, Savoy, not far from Geneva, which has been held there since 1947 after his death.

Fonts (selection)

Tournier wrote numerous books on psychological topics from a Christian perspective:

  • Medecine de la personne. Delachaux & Niestle, Neuchâtel
    • Sickness and life problems. Schwabe, Basel 1967 (7th edition)
  • The strong and the weak. Benno Schwabe & Co , Basel 1952 (new edition: Herder Verlag , Freiburg im Breisgau 1980, ISBN 3-451-07787-6 )
  • Bible et Medecine. Delachaux & Niestlé, Neuchâtel 1951.
    • Bible and Medicine. Rascher, Zurich 1953.
  • Vraie ou fausse culpability. Delachaux & Niestlé, Neuchâtel
  • L'homme et son lieu. Delachaux & Niestlé, Neuchâtel
    • Security - human longing. From the alienation to a new belonging. Humata, Bern, ISBN 3-7197-0327-4 .
  • Le secrêt. Labor & Fides, Genève
    • Everyone keeps his secret. About the becoming of the I and the turning towards you. Humata, Bern, ISBN 3-7197-0247-2 .
  • Difficultés conjugales. Labor & Fides, Genève
    • More understanding in marriage. Ways to a happy partnership. Humata, Bern, ISBN 3-7197-0336-3 .
  • The seasons of our life. Development and fulfillment. Gütersloher Verlagshaus , Gütersloh 1977 (5th edition 1987. ISBN 3-579-05190-3 )
  • Face à la souffrance. Labor & Fides, Lausanne
    • In the face of suffering. Sensory experience in the dark hour. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1983, ISBN 3-451-08003-3 .
  • Vivre à l'écoute. Editions de Caux, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne.
  • Answer that life gives. The well-known Geneva depth psychologist on pressing life issues. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1987, ISBN 3-451-08354-X .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cover text of his book Return to the Feminine. Will women make our world more human again? Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1981, ISBN 3-451-07838-4 .
personal data
SURNAME Tournier, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss doctor and writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Geneva
DATE OF DEATH October 7, 1986
Place of death Troinex