Promoting the dignity of patients in perioperative practice

Lesley Baillie
,
Lorraine Ilott

University of Bedfordshire

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Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 3 Good Health and Well

Abstract

UK health policy has increasingly recognised that the quality of patients' experiences is important and there is a clear expectation that patients' dignity should be promoted in healthcare. Patients undergoing surgery are particularly vulnerable to their dignity being diminished. Operating department staff should ensure that dignity is promoted through attention to patients' privacy and through interactions that help patients to feel comfortable, in control and valued. They should also challenge colleagues whose practice compromises patients' dignity.

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Output type

Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 278-282

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Journal of Perioperative Practice (Volume 20, Issue 8)

Publication milestones

Published - 01/08/2010

Publication status

Published - 01/08/2010

ISSN

1750-4589

External Publication IDs

handle.net: 10547/227120
Scopus: 78049426930

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20860187

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