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...

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. ...

Does the very idea of “human dignity” entail some moral disrespect for nonhuman animals? Put otherwise, does the notion of “human dignity” smack of speciesism (roughly, a view whereby nonhuman, sentient individuals are denied [adequate] moral standing on essentially arbitrary grounds)? Animal advocates, like James Rachels, often allege that there is a serious clash between the traditional view ...

This article examines how the Museum of Second World War in Gdańsk, Poland, employs an immersive virtual reality (VR) experience ‘Postcard from Uprising’ (Kartka z Powstania) order to build affective memory regime that prescribes emotional repertoire for museum audiences. By engaging a narrative inquiry VR experience, I demonstrate it evokes dynamic ressentiment, which has been identified as dr...

the private area (privacy) is a humanitarian issue and one of the concepts of developed lawful systems which is closely related to human dignity. therefore, supporting and protecting the individuals' personalities and the citizens' rights requires protection of privacy, which leads to human signification. privacy is not clearly and meaningfully supported, in iranian law. like the posi...

Abstract Dignity is a very prominent concept in human rights instruments, particular constitutions. It also that has many critics, including those who argue it useless ethical debates. How useful or not dignity can be artificial intelligence (AI) ethics discussions the question of this chapter. Is conversation stopper, help explain even resolve some dilemmas related to AI? The three cases chapt...

Some people may argue that dignity is a western concept, and may not apply to Chinese populations. Zhai and Chan interviewed Chinese elderly persons, family members, and staff of long term care facilities in Beijing and Hong Kong respectively, on what the word ‘dignity’ means to them. All respondents thought that the concept of dignity was important. Respect for autonomy was important in preser...

BACKGROUND human dignity is discussed in almost all public debates on the care of the dying, as well as in international policies for health and social care of older people. Because nursing homes are gaining importance as places where residents live out their lives in modern western societies and since there is evidence that end-of-life care in nursing homes lacks quality, there is a growing di...

CONTEXT More people are surviving into old age, and chronic diseases tend to become more common with age. Ill health and disability can lead to concerns about loss of personal dignity. OBJECTIVES To investigate whether health status affects the perceptions of factors influencing personal dignity at the end of life, and the relationship between those perceptions and sociodemographic characteri...