A semi-structured interview was designed to explore how patients cope with their advanced cancer and to detail their perceptions of dignity.
The aim of this paper is to discuss some of these, along with residents' views on taking part in a study of the perceptions of dignity of older people in care homes and make recommendations for future research in these settings.
The aim of this paper is to highlight some of the methodological challenges we experienced whilst conducting a study of the perceptions of dignity of older people living in nursing homes with a view to describing the lessons learned, responses and strategies developed and recommendations for future research study design and delivery.
The aim of the study was to explore inpatients' perception of dignity in an hospital setting.
Additional file 2: Patients' perception of dignity Italian Questionnaire (English version).
The aim of this study was to explore inpatients' perception of dignity in an Italian General Hospital setting through the administration of an anonymous questionnaire based on the main factors of dignity, in accordance with the Italian Nursing Code of Ethics: physical privacy, respect, information and autonomy.
The demographic data of our sample are shown in Table 1.> The questionnaire was developed, in accordance with the Italian Nursing Code of Ethics (2009) [ 18] and literature [ 4, 8, 9, 37], in order to highlight the patients' perception of dignity by evaluating three main topics: "physical privacy", "information and autonomy", "respectful nurse-patient interaction".
The Patient Dignity Question (PDQ) " What do I need to know about you as a person to take the best care of you that I can?" was designed from empirical research on patients' perceptions of their dignity at end of life to help healthcare professionals (HCPs) understand the patient as a person.
The Patient Dignity Question (PDQ) " What do I need to know about you as a person to take the best care of you that I can?" is a question that has been designed from empirical research on patients' perceptions of their dignity at the end of life to help HCPs understand the patient as a person.
In eight profound months, beginning in October of 2010, my perceptions of time, communication, dignity, and the power of intention were forever altered by the paradoxical process of helping my ninety-pound, 16 year old Weimaraner companion named Yeager live well as a very old dog, for as long as nature allowed.
Patient involvement is influenced by perceptions of power, roles, boundaries, expertise and knowledge, feelings of dignity and respect, and the perception that the presence of a person is legitimate [ 45].
