Open Access<p>Patient Dignity in Iranian Clinical Care Settings as Perceived by Physicians, Caregivers, and Patients</p>
Author(s) -
Banafsheh Tehranineshat,
Mahnaz Rakhshan,
Camellia Torabizadeh,
Mohammad Fararouei
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of multidisciplinary healthcare
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.65
H-Index - 30
ISSN - 1178-2390
DOI - 10.2147/jmdh.s258962
Subject(s) - dignity , nonprobability sampling , empathy , nursing , medicine , autonomy , exploratory research , qualitative research , family medicine , psychiatry , population , social science , environmental health , sociology , political science , anthropology , law
All over the world, healthcare team members are recommended to respect patients' human dignity. However, the dignity of hospitalized patients is not preserved in many cases. Due to the abstract, complex, and cultural nature of the concept of human dignity, further studies are required to precisely determine the different aspects of this concept.