title: Nurturing a patient's dignity: small gestures can have a big impact.
abstract: In this monthly column, Aysha Mendes discusses the role of the nurse in facilitating the aspects of care that contribute to nurturing a patient's dignity and argues that the small things, as well as the big things, can have a valuable impact on a person's self-worth and quality of life.
authors.affiliation: Freelance Journalist, specialising in health, psychology and nursing.
authors.forename: Aysha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mendes
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D028723:Personhood