Patients’ experiences of privacy and dignity. Part 1: a literature review

Whitehead, Juliet; Wheeler, Herman

doi:10.12968/bjon.2008.17.6.28904

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“…39,40 According to Lindwall & von Post, 41 caring can be delivered as dignified for the patients when staffs endeavor to achieve a sense of human value. Morover, Jacobs suggested that respecting human dignity is not merely a task of nurses but is fundamental to nursing care.…”

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Patients’ Dignity and Its Relationship with Contextual Variables: A Cross-Sectional Study

Zirak¹,

Ghafourifard²,

Mamaghani³

2017

J Caring Sci

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Introduction: Dignity is considered as fundamental human needs and recognized as one of the central concepts in nursing science. The aim of this study was to assess the extent to which patients’ dignity is respected and to evalutae its relationship with contextual variables. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 256 hospitalized patients in the two teaching hospitals affiliated to Zanjan University of medical sciences, Iran. Data were collected by a questionnaire consist of two sections: (a) demographic characteristics, and (b) patient dignity including 32 questions. Data were analyzed by SPSS (ver.13) software using independent t-test, ANOVA and Pearson correlation. Results: The result showed that the mean (standard deviation) of total score of patient’s dignity was 108.17 (25.28). According to the result, the majority of the respondents (76.2%) were not aware of patient’s rights. There was a significant difference in mean scores of total dignity between single and married persons, living in city or village, and hospitalization in Moosavi and Valiasr hospital. Conclusion: Health care systems should take the provision of the patients' dignity into account through using a comprehensive educational program for informing of patient, family members, and health professionals about patients’ dignity.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Patients’ Dignity and Its Relationship with Contextual Variables: A Cross-Sectional Study

Zirak¹,

Ghafourifard²,

Mamaghani³

2017

J Caring Sci

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“…When the nurse is polite, friendly, helpful, empathic, respectful, and takes time for an individual human being, it preserves dignity. Similarly, it is of major importance that interaction is characterized by trust, confidentiality, and openness acknowledging individual needs (Berg & Danielson, 2007; Hanratty et al, 2012; Leung, 2009; Lohne, Aasgaard, Caspari, Sletteø, & Nåden, 2010; Matiti & Trorey, 2004, 2008; Whitehead & Wheeler, 2008; Webster & Bryan, 2009). …”

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Dignity as an empirical lifeworld construction—In the field of surgery in Denmark

Rasmussen

Delmar

2014

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well

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Patient dignity is a complex yet central phenomenon. Disrespect for dignity can mean retention of sick role, loss of self-care and control, decreased participation and therefore influence healing. At the same time, nurses have an obligation to respect dignity, and patients expect it. In clinical practice, with the focus on efficiency and economy, dignity can be compromised. The surgical patient may be particularly vulnerable to loss of dignity, when focus is solely on surgical procedure, efficiency, and productivity. The aim of the article is to describe the characteristics of the importance of dignity perceived by four surgical patients at a university hospital in Denmark. The hermeneutic phenomenological approach of Van Manen is used to analyse and interpret data collected from in-depth semi-structured interviews. The interviews explored the lived experience with two women and two men who had undergone a surgical intervention in a Danish vascular surgery department. The thematic analysis led to the basic theme: “To be an important person” illustrated by the themes: “Being a co-player,” “Over exposure,” and “To swallow the bitter pill.” The findings provide a better understanding of patient's perspective of dignity, which is characterized by a complex interaction of several factors. Nurses should be concerned with balancing expectations, values, and opinions to maintain dignity in nursing and create a common platform for collaboration. This collaboration makes it possible for patients to be involved and have a voice in relation to nursing, treatment, and administering of time even though it could be at the expense of the terms of the system.

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“…Although much has been written about providing care with dignity for patients (as there should be! ), [1][2][3] it is much more difficult to find literature that focuses on ensuring the clinical staff is treated with dignity. This is wrong.…”

Section: Complex Multicultural Issuesmentioning

confidence: 99%