...Individuals living with life-limiting illness experience a myriad of physical, psychosocial and existential challenges. Psychosocial care is an holistic approach that aims to mitigate the distress engendered by these challenges. One important facet of such care includes tending to patient dignity...

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...Oxford University Press This chapter is a culmination of insights and approaches based on a program of research that engaged hundreds of patients exploring what supports, or undermines, their sense of dignity. Innovations such as the Patient Dignity Inventory and Dignity Therapy describe approaches...

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...Jeffrey Bulger Abstract: Using chaperones in healthcare examinations to aid comfort and respect for the patient’s dignity should not be underestimated. Patients should be given the choice to have a family member or non-family member chaperone present, and all institutional and legal requirements...