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| Title |
Dignity in the care of older people – a review of the theoretical and empirical literature
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Nursing, July 2008
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-6955-7-11 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Ann Gallagher, Sarah Li, Paul Wainwright, Ian Rees Jones, Diana Lee |
| Abstract |
Dignity has become a central concern in UK health policy in relation to older and vulnerable people. The empirical and theoretical literature relating to dignity is extensive and as likely to confound and confuse as to clarify the meaning of dignity for nurses in practice. The aim of this paper is critically to examine the literature and to address the following questions: What does dignity mean? What promotes and diminishes dignity? And how might dignity be operationalised in the care of older people?This paper critically reviews the theoretical and empirical literature relating to dignity and clarifies the meaning and implications of dignity in relation to the care of older people. If nurses are to provide dignified care clarification is an essential first step. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Ecuador | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 158 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 152 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 26 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 21 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 17 | 11% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 12 | 8% |
| Researcher | 11 | 7% |
| Other | 44 | 28% |
| Unknown | 27 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing and Health Professions | 34 | 22% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 30 | 19% |
| Social Sciences | 23 | 15% |
| Psychology | 12 | 8% |
| Arts and Humanities | 6 | 4% |
| Other | 22 | 14% |
| Unknown | 31 | 20% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 239. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 December 2021.
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#148,053
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Outputs from BMC Nursing
#2
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#202
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#2
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