Nurses' perception of threats to human dignity in caring for patients with COVID-19: A qualitative study
The present study showed that most participants expressed concerns about violations of patients' dignity and identified many threats to it. Based on the findings, it is suggested that other factors threatening patients' dignity be identified, the threats eliminated, and healthy treatment environments created to promote patients' dignity.
Authors
- Akram Salamat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0700-7470)
- Marjan Mardani‐Hamooleh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5945-9121)
- Seyedmohammad Mirhosseini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2087-0164)
- Amirheidar Bakhshiarab
- Ali Abbasi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0482-6208)
Institutions
- Iran University of Medical Sciences (IR)
- Imam Khomeini Hospital (IR)
- Iranshahr University (IR)
- Shahroud University of Medical Sciences (IR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Heliyon
- Published
- 2024-10-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e39983
- Primary Topic
- Patient Dignity and Privacy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Iran University of Medical Sciences