title: [Human dignity and geriatric long-term care].
abstract: Dignity is one of the most sophisticated and complex terms of moral philosophy. Respecting and preserving the dignity of people who are in non-transient need of health care is a normative postulation, derived from the assignment that society gives to the health care sector. If an individual's dignity is to be upheld, health-care personnel need to have the right attitude and kind of understanding. Upholding the dignity of people who do not gain respect as a matter of course, however, implies a mandate for society as a whole, and not just for the health care profession.
authors.affiliation: Doktorandin am Institut für Philosophie und Bildungswissenschaft, Universität Wien, Löhnergasse 23/1/5, 1120 Vienna, Austria. doris.pfabigan@gmx.at
authors.forename: Doris
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pfabigan
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria; D026690:Ethics, Clinical; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000941:ethics*; D006806:Human Rights; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000941:ethics*; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000941:ethics*; D010686:Philosophy, Medical; D012297:Right to Die / Q000941:ethics; D012649:Self Concept