How patients with cancer experience dignity: An integrative review.
Jinnan XiaoMarques Shek Nam NgTingting YanKa Ming ChowCarmen Wing Han ChanPublished in: Psycho-oncology (2021)
Dignity-conserving care should respect patients' human autonomy to strengthen their sense of self-worth, acceptance, hope, reinforce family connectedness, and foster coping strategies to control the physical, psychosocial factors and experience of sufferings that threaten their sense of dignity.
Keyphrases
- advanced cancer
- end stage renal disease
- palliative care
- mental health
- ejection fraction
- endothelial cells
- healthcare
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- physical activity
- depressive symptoms
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- squamous cell carcinoma
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- social support
- patient reported outcomes
- lymph node
- health insurance
- pluripotent stem cells
- patient reported