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In these hard times of global financial peril and growing social inequality, injuries to dignity are pervasive. "Indignity has many faces," one man told Nora Jacobson as she conducted interviews for this book. Its expressions range from rudeness, indifference, and condescension to objectif...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jacobson, Nora, 1964-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Value of Life Project.
Medical ethics.
Medical care.
Dignity.
Human rights.
MEDICAL > Health Care Delivery.
MEDICAL > Ethics.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
Prestation de soins.
Vie > Aspect economique.
Dignite.
Éthique medicale.
Ethics, Medical
Human Rights
Delivery of Health Care
Value of Life
Personhood
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The subtle grammar of dignity
  • Dignity violation : a universe of human suffering
  • The structures that deny dignity
  • An epidemiology of damage
  • Dignity promotion : the ordinary language of respect
  • The demands of dignity.

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