Open up Dignity and Old Age, and you'll find a wealth of thoughtful suggestions for how you and others can gain more respect and admiration for your relatives, neighbors, and patients who are in the latter stages of life. You'll examine the word "dignity" as it relates to the world's...
the first step considers diverse sources of reflection about dignity: from propositional (scientific) knowledge to personal individual experience, presentational knowledge (art), and practical knowledge. The second step analyses how these different kinds of knowing are reflected in several...
There is something behind all three AI cases that is not easy to describe and warrants ethical attention. It is linked to how people are seen by others and how this relates to their own self-respect. Jean-Paul Sartre (1958: 222) used the concept of thegazeto describe this situation. [T...
Esteem, while important for personal and professional development, relates more to social and psychological aspects of human interaction, reflecting admiration and respect for someone's qualities or achievements. 14 In terms of personal development, dignity can be seen as a grounding principle, ...
Maintaining dignity, the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect, is considered as a goal of palliative care. The aim of this study was to analyse the construct of personal dignity and to assess the content validity of the Patient Dignity Inventory (PDI) in people with an advance direct...
Maintaining dignity, the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect, is considered as a goal of palliative care. The aim of this study was to analyse the construct of personal dignity and to assess the content validity of the Patient Dignity Inventory (PDI) in people with an advance direct...
Dignity is defined as the “quality of being worthy of respect” (Collins, 2005, p.176) which is how midwives should be treating women in their everyday work. This leads to gaining the trust and confidence of the woman and family, and also improves caregiving and the strength of the midw...
However, whether it is flow or stock, the value of the individual cannot escape being priced and ranked in comparison and being incorporated into the existing hier- archical order. Can the concept of dignity really be used as a concept to evaluate and respect the value of the individual in...
The way in which the two perspectives are finally combined in a call for a concept of dignity that could harmonise the main Western approaches to dignity with the Koranic interpretation is highly instructive: dignity as respect for and the protection of the self-worth of human beings. San ...
and that it “means no more than respect for persons or their autonomy” (p. 1419) and has “no meaning beyond what is implied by the principle of medical ethics, respect for persons, the need to obtain voluntary, informed consent; the requirement to protect confidentiality; and the need ...