Dignity therapy is based on a theoretical model of dignity in the terminally ill [ 3] and its purpose is to reduce dignity-related distress while enhancing hope and meaning [ 4].
Urinary incontinence reduces dignity, autonomy and mood in later life and should be prevented at all costs [ 2].
An Italian qualitative survey, which explored the meaning of dignity and the related variables in a hospital setting, highlighted 3 main components that favored or reduced dignity: "factors related to the patient, to the physical environment or to the hospital staff" [ 35].
To slap on a diagnosis and prescribe a pill would be to reduce the dignity of the life lost and the broken heart left behind.
In truth, I refused an interview because the article would distort the life, and hence reduce the dignity, of this animal.
The American people idolized Washington, and he played his part artfully, striking a balance between "too free an intercourse and too much familiarity," which would reduce the dignity of the office, and "an ostentatious show" of aloofness, which would be improper in a republic.
Many companies reduce the dignity of women to sell more cars, shoes, and cheeseburgers (ahem, Carl's Jr).. Society has made strides since the day my grandmother was gracefully canned for being pregnant.
"By calling out this picture of poverty in terms of streets and buildings and not the humans who live here, have you not reduced their dignity?
The specific objectives are to: a) Determine whether Dignity Therapy is likely to increase peoples' sense of dignity or reduce psychological or spiritual distress.
Dignity Therapy is a brief psychotherapy, which has been developed to help promote dignity and reduce distress.
