Dignity in life and care: the perspectives of Swedish patients in a palliative care context
| Autor: | Anna Sandgren, Carina Werkander-Harstäde, Tove Bylund-Grenklo, Eva Benzein, Ulrika Östlund |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Attitude to Death Palliative care media_common.quotation_subject Context (language use) Respect Interviews as Topic Personhood 03 medical and health sciences Dignity 0302 clinical medicine Nursing 030502 gerontology Humans Aged media_common Aged 80 and over Sweden Advanced and Specialized Nursing Health professionals Middle Aged 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing Female 0305 other medical science Psychology |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Palliative Nursing. 25:193-201 |
| ISSN: | 2052-286X 1357-6321 |
| DOI: | 10.12968/ijpn.2019.25.4.193 |
| Popis: | Background: How patients preserve their sense of dignity in life is an important area of palliative care that remains to be explored. Aims: To describe patients' perspectives of what constitutes a dignified life within a palliative care context. Methods: Twelve palliative care patients were interviewed about their views on living with dignity. Data were analysed using qualitative content analysis. Results: What constitutes a dignified life during end-of-life care was captured by the theme ‘I may be ill but I am still a human being’ and presented under the categories ‘preserving my everyday life and personhood’, ‘having my human value maintained by others through ‘coherence’ and ‘being supported by society at large’. Conclusion: Patients' sense of dignity can be preserved by their own attitudes and behaviours, by others and through public support. Health professionals need to adopt a dignity-conserving approach, for which awareness of their own attitudes and behaviours is crucial. |
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