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Author:

NORDENFELT Lennart; EDGAR Andrew;

Title:

The four notions of dignity.

Reference:

Quality in Ageing: Policy Practice and Research, 6(1), June 2005, pp.17-21.

Abstract:

Presents the theoretical model of dignity that has been created within the Dignity and Older Europeans (DOE) Project. The model consists of four kinds of dignity: the dignity of merit (social rank and formal positions in life); the dignity of moral stature (the result of moral deeds); the dignity of identity (the integrity of the subjects body, mind and sometimes self-image; and Menschenwurde (the universal dignity that pertains to all human beings to the same extent and cannot be lost as long as the person exists).

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article;

Topics:

dignity; models; older people; quality of life; self-concept; self-determination; self-esteem;

Content Type:

research;

Country/Region:

Europe; Germany; United Kingdom;

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