title: Death with dignity.
abstract: The concept of death with dignity evolves over a nurse's career. A new nurse focuses on the patient as a person. As the nurse gains experience, she facilitates family grieving. As a seasoned professional, the nurse emphasizes the dignity that, through effective nursing, can be restored to dying. Preservation of dignity is found in the way we honor death.
authors.affiliation: Princeton Visiting Nurse Association, Princeton, New Jersey, USA. Joymakerrn@optonline.net
authors.forename: Ann Kimberlin
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Mathiews
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001293:Attitude to Death; D002562:Ceremonial Behavior; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005655:Funeral Rites / Q000523:psychology; D006117:Grief; D017051:Hospice Care / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology*; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D012297:Right to Die