title: Human dignity: a humanbecoming ethical phenomenon.
abstract: Human dignity is a phenomenon of interest in many disciplines, including health-related disciplines. The author in this article explores the ethics of dignity and sets forth the tenets of human dignity as a humanbecoming ethical phenomenon. The tenets elaborate reverence, awe, betrayal, and shame, all enduring truths inherently significant to human dignity.
authors.affiliation: Loyola University Chicago, USA.
authors.forename: Rosemarie Rizzo
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Parse
mesh_terms: D004989:Ethics; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D009729:Nursing; D028723:Personhood