title: Learning to promote patient dignity: an inter-professional approach.
abstract: The promotion of patient dignity is an important aspect of healthcare provision. However, there is evidence to suggest that patient dignity is not being promoted as expected and a number of attributing factors have been suggested in the literature. This article proposes that healthcare educators should incorporate the subject of dignity in its own right within the curriculum. Attempts in teaching the concept of dignity have tended to adopt an uni-professional approach: this paper proposes that inter-professional education (IPE) is the most suitable approach in teaching the issues relating to dignity in healthcare.
authors: College of Social Science, School of Health and Social Care, University of Lincoln, Brayford Pool, Lincoln, Lincolnshire LN6 7TS, UK. Electronic address: mmatiti@lincoln.ac.uk.
authors: Milika R
authors: MR
authors: Matiti
mesh_terms: D004517:Education, Professional / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007858:Learning; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D028723:Personhood
keywords: Curriculum; Dignity; Inter-professional education (inter-professional learning); Uni-professional