Abstract Purpose Threatening or obscene messaging is repeated, unwanted texts, emails, letters cards experienced by the recipient as threatening obscene, and causing fear, alarm distress. It rarely examined an aspect of intimate partner violence. We describe prevalence exposure to threatening/obscene from a current ex-partner; characteristics victims; associations with other forms violence abus...

the human dignity of patients with cardiovascular disease (cvd) is an important issue, because of patients’ dependence upon caregivers, and because it impacts all aspects of their quality of life (qol). therefore, understanding and improving the status of dignity among these patients is of great importance. this study aimed to determine the status of dignity in patients with cvd admitted to car...

maintaining dignity and respect is among patients’ most fundamental rights. the importance of patient dignity, the status quo, patients’ needs, and a shortage of survey studies in this area were the underlying incentives for conducting this study. this was a cross-sectional descriptive study in which data were collected through patient dignity inventory (pdi). the questionnaire was completed by...

What is efficiency? And is it sustainable? Animal production and consumption reconsidered.

human dignity is examinable at least in three fields: human dignity, divine dignity, and socio-conventional dignity. in this article, due to time limits, we have only dealt with a part of what can be presented about dignity (karāmat), i.e., argumentative proof of human dignity. in general, there are two major systematic methods for confirming the propositions and premises mooted in the context ...

AIM Human dignity as an important consideration in health care has been primarily investigated from an adult perspective. This paper explores young people's perceptions of dignity and how it impacts on their health-care experience. METHOD A qualitative pilot study was undertaken at the Children's Hospital, Westmead in from 2010 to 2011. Semistructured interviews were conducted with five inpat...

Before introducing the theory of workplace dignity in depth, this chapter reviews the broader landscape of human dignity to establish a foundation for the new theory. A theory of workplace dignity is in important ways different from human dignity, but in equally important ways builds upon the rich tradition of writers and writings about human dignity and how it has been defined in terms of what...