title: Dignity in care: the views of patients and relatives.
abstract: There have been concerns about a lack of dignity in health care over recent years, particularly in relation to the care of older people. Efforts to ensure that dignity has a central place in health care discourse and practice continue, but what appears to be lacking in the literature is the perspective of older people and their relatives on what this means and how dignity is maintained or diminished during health care provision. This article reports on a small pilot study that explores dignity in health care and the circumstances that may influence it.
authors.affiliation: Open University, UK.
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gallagher
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Seedhouse
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology*; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health; D004739:England; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D006272:Health Facility Environment / Q000592:standards; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology / Q000592:standards; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000592:standards*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011361:Professional Competence / Q000592:standards; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires