Health democracy in France has consisted in recognizing individual and collective rights attributed to users of the health system and in making decision-making procedures in health more contradictory. However, this movement has encountered a number of obstacles and barriers since the adoption of the law of March 4, 2002. Seven years later, the recent Act of July 21, 2009, aims to renovate a more vigorous health democracy, including restoring regional conferences on health and governance with the autonomous powers that were conferred to them in the 2002 Act. However, nothing is yet secured; vigilance is essential and should remain high on the agenda.
L’usage courant de l’expression « face à face » laisse présager la confrontation ou l’affrontement. Mais ce serait alors réduire les relations entre les associations et l’État dans le domaine de la lutte contre le sida. Historiquement, c’est un jeu d’acteurs plus complexe qui s’est organisé, au sein duquel le « face à face », relayé par les médias, a plutôt servi de long point d’appui pour passer du « dos à dos » initial aux partenariats observés aujourd’hui.
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