The word “dignity” is frequently used both in clinical and philosophical discourse when
referring to and describing the ideal conditions of the patient's treatment, particularly the …

The purpose of this article is to develop a conception of death with dignity and to examine
whether it is vulnerable to the sort of criticisms that have been made of other conceptions. In …

Respecting human dignity is a central moral and social aim when it comes to either health
policy or everyday medical care. Yet like other important concepts, such as “happiness”[1] …

The article focuses on the meaning of dignity on medical science. It presents the three
important and overlapping problems emerge from the dignity literature. It includes that the …

AJ Ayer was famously and predictably dismissive of terms such as 'human dignity', referring
to them as a kind of 'wooly uplift'. 1 Despite the pervasive presence of appeals to dignity in …

Death is a unique experience for each human being, yet there is tremendous societal
pressure on a dying person to be a “good patient” while trying to experience the “good …

The concept of dignity is of interest to researchers and palliative care clinicians alike.
Researchers seek to carefully explicate the nature of dignity and evaluate interventions …

Assisted dying is still an extremely contested topic in Bioethics. Despite the strongly
influential role human dignity plays in this debate, it still has not received the appropriate …

Philosophers and bioethicists are typically sceptical about invocations of dignity in ethical
debates. Many believe that dignity is essentially devoid of meaning: either a mere rhetorical …

After a diagnosis of life-threatening illness, decisions must be made regarding various
treatment options including life-sustaining interventions. The preservation of dignity is …