University of the Sunshine Coast NUR272 Literature Review: Dignity

This literature review, prepared for the NUR272 course at the University of the Sunshine Coast, examines the crucial role of dignity in end-of-life care. It begins with an introduction defining dignity and its relevance to palliative care, followed by a critique of the key findings and concepts found within the literature. The review analyzes research from various authors, including Kennedy (2016), Johnson (2017), and Fernández-Sola (2018), focusing on themes such as the importance of patient dignity, patient reported outcome measures, and the conservation of dignity in emergency departments. The body of the review synthesizes the literature, highlighting the significance of communication, spiritual care, and the impact of dependence on autonomy. The discussion emphasizes the need for improved interventions and the importance of patient-centered care. The review concludes by reiterating the impact of dignity and the need for responsive medical professionals. The document includes a table summarizing key themes and a comprehensive reference list.

A Concise Literature Review
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Definition: A literature review is an objective, critical summary of published research literature relevant to a
topic under consideration for research. Its purpose is to create familiarity with current thinking and research on
a particular topic, and may justify future research into a previously overlooked or understudied area. (sourced
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Your literature review should consist of the following components:
Introduction
Dignity has been the touched level of been symptoms which is being measured in more way of
controlling and promoting the essence of independences. With addiction to that the there is major level of
promotion in terms of privacy along with social support ands positive care. Dignity is considered to be an
important aspect as the people who are nearing the end of life or have the need to be taken in socials health
care for them dignity is considered to be very importances aspects. The individuals have the major level of
preferences with regard to thee death is very unimportant to them. They more wants to control as long as
possible which is manipulating dignity. Spiritual care is helpful keeping patient happy and they pay less focus
on their disease and pain. Care providers need to listen views of patient and have to communicate with them in
effective manner. In more manner dyeing with dignity have the movement which have the promotions to the
liability to meet in order to have deaths on the own as it was offering in more way to options or to other just
waiting for the illness to order killing them. There is appropriates major ways in order to have deaths dignity
along with suicide and euthanasia.
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Body
Kennedy, (2016) stated that People those who are in the end stage always concern about their dignity.
Dignity is significant element to older people and for nursing staff as well. Medical professional offers support
to informal carer when patient is ill or in the end stage of life. Dignity is closely associated with self-image of
person. If individual is highly depended upon other, then it negatively affects their autonomy. Medical
professional has to be responsive towards the people those who are in the end life condition, by offering them
care with dignity they can enhance their satisfaction level which supports care users in dealing with their
medical illness easily.
As per the Beth hardy (2017) that major patients have gone through the psychometric testing along
with covering with aspects of dignity which is having the laser level of suggestion that there should be use of
various level of research purposes which is assessing major level of dignity. There is also different level of
indicatives which is more manner to be indicated which have proper level of implementation of technical

setting. For the purposes of this review, a thorough critical appraisal procedure was applied to assess the
PROMs in terms of strengths and limitations.
According to Fernández‐Sola, C and et.al, 2018, The report is balsut having appropriate level of
understanding in regarded to various aspects the concept of dignity is significantly modifying the clinical
relationship and the care framework involving the end‐of‐life patient in palliative care units, critical care units,
hospices and their own homes. There is applicability of situationist in terms o hospitals emergences along
which there are lacs of the research which have taken in experiences to the end life the patientest along with
reafforest to realistic accountant to major lancet.
Key Theme <Author/s and Date> <Author/s and Date> <Author/s and Date>
importance of patient
dignity in care at the end
of life
Grace Kennedy 2016 *2016
Patient reported
outcome measures for
measuring dignity in
palliative and end of life
care: a scoping review
Bridget Johnson 2017 2017
Characterization,
conservation and loss of
dignity at the end‐of‐ life
in the emergency
department. A
qualitative protocol
Fernández‐Sola, C 2018 2018
Included Table. The Table summarise the commonalities between authors and themes, and is used to support
the analysis of the literature review. The data in the Table should have minimum use of descriptive words (key
themes can be identified with symbols as per example below). Tables are presented as columns with authors’
names and date of publication), as well as common themes identified from the analysis. For example:
Key Theme <Author/s and Date> <Author/s and Date> <Author/s and Date>
Listening * *
Touching * *
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Discussion
Care providers need to listen views of patient and have to communicate with them in effective manner.
This develops relationship between patient and medical professional. Taking care of dignity of user who is in
the end of life care aid person in dealing with culture, psychosocial, physical issues in effective manner.
Giving information to families, friends and care users time to time, listen their views, showing empathy may
promote dignity. Spiritual care is helpful keeping patient happy and they pay less focus on their disease and

pain. It is very important for doctors to take care of emotional and spiritual needs of palliative patients that
improves condition of care user who is in end of life phase.
As the form the above discussion it can be clears understood that there should be more level of
appropriate uses which is more in en of life inventiveness studies have indicated. There is more level of
significant changes in more level of perceived dignity. There should be proper level of visibility and validity
with regard to the testing along with clinical research which is havering major level of potentiality. The scored
lower regardless the psychometric properties have the basically useful level of implication in further
understanding. This would enable further development and evaluation of the PROMs to take place and would
address some limitations that were identified. In particular, face validity should be performed with appropriate
participants who represent the intended end-users of the tool.
The discussion is regardless the nerving themes which is having the comprehension the phenomenon
of dignity in end‐of‐life care in the emergency department are expected to be found. This study results could
have important implications in the implementation of new interventions in emergency departments. These are
investigation which are major ley focusses of the improved at social acceptance death over environmental
conditions, promotion of autonomy and accompaniment and assumption (takeover) of dignified actions and
attitudes (respect for human rights).
Conclusion
From the above repost it can e concluded as If individual is highly depended upon other, then it negatively
affects their autonomy. Medical professional has to be responsive towards the people those who are in the end
life condition, by offering them care with dignity .There is applicability of situationist in terms o hospitals
emergences along which there are lacs of the research There should be proper level of visibility and validity
with regard to the testing along with clinical research which is havering major level of potentiality.
Reference List (on a separate page)
Kennedy, G., 2016. The importance of patient dignity in care at the end of life. The Ulster medical
journal. 85(1). pp.45.
Johnston, B., Flemming, K., Narayanasamy, M.J. et al. Patient reported outcome measures for
measuring dignity in palliative and end of life care: a scoping review. BMC Health Serv Res 17, 574 (2017).
Fernández‐Sola, C and et.al, 2018. Characterization, conservation and loss of dignity at the end‐of‐life
in the emergency department. A qualitative protocol. Journal of advanced nursing, 74(6).pp.1392-1401.