The ethics of terminal care.
The widely used notion of dignity is questioned as an adequate ideal for care of terminally ill persons. Instead of dying with dignity, the essential ethical components of dying with a sense of worth are proposed as comprising truly humane and personal care.
D003643:Death; D003657:Decision Making; D030881:Disclosure; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D033101:Euthanasia, Active, Voluntary; D005066:Euthanasia, Passive; D008020:Life Support Care; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D010686:Philosophy, Medical; D012945:Social Values; D013727:Terminal Care