Everyone has a different understanding of what it means to have dignity, however, it is commonly associated with being in control and valued. The dignity of older people is therefore vulnerable as they are likely to be in positions of reduced control over their wellbeing. The six senses framework describes the characteristics of a health and social care environment which can promote dignity. Th...

OBJECTIVE This article examines how dementia affects personal dignity in individuals with mild to moderate dementia from their perspective. METHOD In this qualitative cross-sectional study, in-depth interviews were carried out with 14 individuals, aged 50-94, with mild to moderate dementia who lived at home. Verbatim transcripts were analyzed making use of the principles of thematic analysis....

background: patient’s dignity is an important issue which is highlighted in nursing it is an issue that is highly dependent on context and culture. heart disease is the most common disease in iran and the world. identification of facilitator and threatening patient dignity in heart patients is vital. this study aimed to explore facilitator and threatening patient dignity in hospitalized patient...

Preservation of dignity is frequently emphasized as a basic patient's right in national and international nursing codes of ethics and is indeed the essence and core of nursing care. It is therefore essential to explore the concept based on patients' lived experiences in order to maintain and respect their dignity and consequently improve the quality of health services and patient satisfaction. ...

BACKGROUND Most nursing home residents spend the remainder of their life, until death, within a nursing home. As preserving dignity is an important aim of the care given here, insight into the way residents experience their dignity throughout their entire admission period is valuable. AIM To investigate if and how nursing home residents' personal dignity changes over the course of time, and w...

Dignity is recognised as both a central and also a contested value in bioethics discourse. The aim of this manuscript is to examine some of the key strands of the extensive body of dignity scholarship and research literature as it relates to nursing ethics and practice. The method is a critical appraisal of selected articles published in Nursing Ethics and other key manuscripts and texts identi...

Aim The aim of the study was to describe how nurse anaesthetist students experienced patient dignity in perioperative practice. Design A hermeneutical design and the critical incident technique were used to obtain experiences from practice. Method In the Autumn of 2015, after participating in a mandatory lecture on ethics, 23 nurse anaesthetist students reported their experiences and interp...

This article pays attention to youth unemployment as one of the most serious socioeconomic challenges in South Africa. The nature of unemployment in South Africa is followed by a discussion on the interconnectedness between unemployment and poverty. The psychological and theological meaning of work is discussed in short, followed by the psychological effect of unemployment. In order to indicate...