Identity & Dignity: How Walking Away Paralyzed from Abuse paved my Path of Soul-Discovery

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My son died in 1994. The doctor said that we will be able to sort it, but they didn’t. I can hardly explain, it was so terrible. A child is very hard to lose. He was in his 50s, but still … (Interview with resident, 98 years). Bayer A. Death with dementia—the need for better care. Age Ageing. 2006;35:101–2. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afj033 To help residents, assistant nurses were observed to call for physiotherapists when needed and they also performed regular exercise sessions at the ward. Dignity-conserving repertoire

The need to respect human dignity has been written in the Iranian constitution law. Article 2 of the Iranian Constitution Law mentions six principles and infrastructures as basic to the governing system which in Article 1 is called the Islamic Republic of Iran. The sixth principle of this Article concerns human dignity and stipulates that "the Islamic Republic of Iran is a system founded on faith in ….6) Human dignity and high value and his/her freedom as well as his responsibility before God"[3]. Besides, in the prelude to the Constitution, human dignity is referred to concerning the mass media. [64] South Africa [ edit ] Hall S, Dodd RH, Higginson IJ. Maintaining dignity for residents of care homes: a qualitative study of the views of care home staff, community nurses, residents and their families. Geriatr Nurs. 2014;35:55–60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2013.10.012 International Council of Nurses. The ICN code of ethics for nurses. 2021. https://www.icn.ch/publications. Accessed 14 Mar 2022. In 2008, The President's Council on Bioethics tried to arrive at a consensus about what dignity meant but failed. Edmund D. Pellegrino, M.D., the council's chairman, says in the Letter of Transmittal to the President of The United States, "… there is no universal agreement on the meaning of the term, human dignity." [51] Law [ edit ]

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Bruun Lorentsen V, Naden D, Saeteren B. The meaning of dignity when the patients’ bodies are falling apart. Nurs Open. 2019;6:1163–70. https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.301 Rodriguez, Philippe-André (2015). "Human dignity as an essentially contested concept". Cambridge Review of International Affairs. 28 (2): 3. doi: 10.1080/09557571.2015.1021297. S2CID 144462238. Dilley, Stephen and Nathan Palpant (eds.), Human Dignity in Bioethics. From Worldviews to the Public Square. New York: Routledge, 2013. [2] Parandeh A, Khaghanizade M, Mohammadi E, Mokhtari-Nouri J. Nurses’ human dignity in education and practice: an integrated literature review. Iran J Nurs Midwifery Res. 2016;21:1–8. https://doi.org/10.4103/1735-9066.174750 In the 20th century, dignity became an issue for physicians and medical researchers. It has been invoked in questions of the bioethics of human genetic engineering, human cloning, and end-of-life care (particularly in such situations as the Terri Schiavo case, a controversial situation in which life support was withdrawn from a woman diagnosed in a persistent vegetative state). [44] International bodies [ edit ]

A philosopher of the Renaissance, Pico della Mirandola, granted dignity to ideas and to beings. In his " Oration on the Dignity of Man", he told hostile clerics about the dignity of the liberal arts and about the dignity and the glory of angels. His comments implied the dignity of philosophers. [16] This oration is commonly seen as one of the central texts of the Renaissance, intimately tied with the growth of humanist philosophies. [17] [18] Kant [ edit ] Viftrup DT, Hvidt NC, Prinds C. Dignity in end-of-life care at hospice: An Action Research Study. Scand J Caring Sci. 2021;35:420–9. https://doi.org/10.1111/scs.12872

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The progressing illnesses threatened residents’ dignity by increasingly making them dependent on others for help with bodily care. They were also dependent on assistant nurses when interacting with others, as they were increasingly losing their ability to socialise. In care situations, the assistant nurses were observed to support residents’ decision-making by asking about their personal preferences. Conversely, they were also observed to negatively influence residents’ dignity by neglecting their desires concerning clothing or the timing of care interventions. No discussions concerning medical decisions were observed. Resident: I’m dying. Assistant nurse: No, who has said that? Resident: I have. Assistant nurse, leaning over the bed, asks: Do you feel unwell? Or just feel old? She speaks calmly and allows long pauses. Resident: I’m scared. Assistant nurse: I understand. You can only take it one day at a time, can’t you? (Observation of resident, 90 years) Shultziner, Doron (2003). "Human Dignity - Functions and Meanings". Global Jurist. 3 (3): 1–21 . Retrieved 8 April 2015. Dignity is fundamental to current social care policy. A focus for all adult social care and support was set out in the Care Act 2014. The Act begins by defining the primary responsibility of local authorities as the promotion of individual ‘wellbeing’.Cross, Neal Miller; Robert Carson Lamm; Rudy H. Turk (1984). The search for personal freedom. W.C. Brown. p.4. ISBN 978-0697031303. SOU. Läs mig! Nationell kvalitetsplan för vård och omsorg om äldre personer. Del 2. 2017, 21. [Read me! National quality plan for care of the elderly. Part 2]. https://www.regeringen.se/4969b7/contentassets/9378aff4b35a427c99b772345af79539/sou-2017_21_webb_del1.pdf. Accessed 14 Mar 2022. Sveriges Riksdag. Hälso- och sjukvårdslag (SFS 2017:30). [Health and Medical Services Act]. https://www.riksdagen.se. Accessed 14 Mar 2022. Killmister S. Dignity: not such a useless concept. J Med Ethics. 2010;36:160–4. https://doi.org/10.1136/jme.2009.031393