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The role of dignity in nursing ethics: what it means; how it has evolved; and why it matters to nurse practitioners Professor Ann Gallagher 1 1University of Surrey, UK & Editor, Nursing Ethics pp.95-109
Published Date 2015/3/20
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Introduction

 I would like to begin by thanking Professor Ota, Professor Konishi and colleagues in the Japanese Nursing Ethics Association for the invitation speak at this conference. It is always a great pleasure to visit Japan and to learn from its people and very fine cultural, literary and philosophical traditions.

 A conference on the theme of dignity in care is very important and gives us the opportunity to discuss together how we might understand the dignity of patients, of practitioners and of the nursing profession. We also need to understand how we promote dignity in our work with patients, families and colleagues and how we can have healthcare practices and organizations that promote rather than diminish dignity.

 There has been a great deal of attention to dignity in health care in recent years. Sadly, this seems mostly due to reports of indignity in care contexts where patients have been neglected, disrespected and sometimes, abused.

 The first article on dignity appeared in the journal Nursing Ethics in 1998. Since then we have had over 20 articles in the journal Nursing Ethics with a special online issue edited by Dagfin Nåden and colleagues in 2013. There are also many more articles in other journals and books on this topic, including some that have argued that dignity is a ‘useless’or ‘stupid’ concept.

 I hope to persuade you that dignity is neither useless nor stupid. I will argue that dignity is, on the contrary, a core value in nursing ethics. And it is more than this. Dignity is the first value, the value that other values spring from, the value we need to articulate the worth of fellow human beings, of ourselves and of our profession.

 To develop this position, I will draw on the philosophical and empirical research literature relating to dignity and will engage with some examples of literature and film from Japanese authors and directors.


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電子版ISSN 2434-7361 印刷版ISSN 1883-244X 日本看護倫理学会

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