1. Tadd W, Hillman A, Calnan S, Calnan M, Bayer A, Read S. Right
place‑wrong person: Dignity in the acute care of older people. Qual
Ageing Older Adults 2011;12:33‑3.
2. Lin YP, Tsai YF. Maintaining patients’ dignity during clinical care:
A qualitative interview study. J Adv Nurs 2011;67:340‑8.
3. Henderson A, Van Eps MA, Pearson K, James C, Henderson P,
Osborne Y. Maintainance of patients’ dignity during hospitalization:
Comparison of staff‑patient observations and patient feedback
through interviews. Int J Nurs Pract 2009;15:227‑30.
4. Clark J. Defining the concept of dignity and developing a model to
promote its use in practice. Nurs Times 2010 25‑31;106:16‑9.
5. Baillie L, Gallagher A. Evaluation of the royal college of nursing’s
‘dignity: At the heart of everything we do’ campaign: Exploring
challenges and enablers. J Res Nurs 2009;15:15‑28.
6. Dehkhoda A. Loqatnāme‑ye Dehxodā (Dekhoda Dictionary) [Book
on CD‑ROM]. Tehran: Tehran University; 2010.
7. Sadeghi T, Dehghannayeri N. Dignity of patient: A literature review.
Iran J Med Ethics Hist Med 2009;3:9‑19.
8. Afzali MA. Human dignity and euthanasia in Islamic ethics. J
Mazandaran Univ Med Sci 2010;20:83‑95.
9. Jo KH, Doorenbos AZ. Understanding the meaning of human dignity
in Korea: A content analysis. Int J Palliat Nurs 2009;15:178‑85.
10. Baillie L. Patient dignity in an acute hospital setting: A case study.
Int J Nurs Stud 2009;46:23‑36.
11. Pleschberger S. Dignity and the challenge of dying in nursing
homes: The residents’ view. Age Ageing 2007;36:197‑202.
12. Whitehead J, Wheeler H. Patients’ experiences of privacy and
dignity. Part 1: A literature review. Br J Nurs 2008;17:381‑5.
13. Jackson A, Irwin W. Dignity, humanity and equality: Principle of
Nursing Practice A. Nurs Stand 2011;25:35‑7.
14. Matiti MR, Baillie L. Dignity in Healthcare: A Practical Approach for
Nurses and Midwives. London: Radcliffe Publishing; 2011. p. 267.
15. Jacobson N. A taxonomy of dignity: A grounded theory study. BMC
Int Health Hum Rights 2009;9:3.
16. Matiti MR, Trorey GM. Patients’ expectations of the maintenance
of their dignity. J Clin Nurs 2008;17:2709‑17.
17. Yousefi H, Abedi HA. Spiritual care in hospitalized patients. Iran J
Nurs Midwifery Res 2011;16:125‑32.
18. Rejeh N, Heravi‑Karimooi M, Foroughan M. The needs of
hospitalized elderly patients. Iran J Ageing 2010;5:42‑52.
19. Griffin‑Heslin VL. An analysis of the concept dignity. Accid Emerg
Nurs 2005;13:251‑7.
20. Gerry EM. Privacy and dignity in a hospice environment‑the
development of a clinical audit. Int J Palliat Nurs 2011;17:92‑8.
21. Duncan E. Working with Patients and Providers of Healthcare to
Construct a Questionnaire that Will Provide a Valid and Reliable
Measure of Dignity and Privacy for Older Patients Staying in
NHS Hospitals. Master Thesis of Nursing Science. University of
Nottingham; 2008.
22. Vaskooei Eshkevari K, Karimi M, Asnaashari H, Kohan N. The
assessment of observing patients’ right in Tehran University
of medical sciences’ hospitals. Iran J Med Ethics Hist Med
2009;2:47‑54.
23. Hasanian M. Evaluation of Patient Rights by the Medical Team of
the Patients in the Hospitals of Hamadan University of Medical
Sciences. Second Congress of International Iran Medical Ethics,
Tehran; 2008.
24. Asrin A, Maude P. Patients’ satisfaction with nursing communication
(therapeutic communication) on adult medical surgical wards at
Prof. Dr. Margono Soekarjo Hospital of Purwokerto, Central Java,
Indonesia. Soedirman J Nurs 2006;1:32‑42.
25. Khan MH, Hassan R, Anwar S, Babar TS, Babar HS. Patient
satisfaction with nursing care. Rawal Med J 2007;32:27‑9.
26. Sangestani G, Fallahinia GH, Jafarian N. A survey on nurses‑patients
communication in emergencies wards. Sci J Hamadan Nurs
Midwifery Fac 2009;16:40‑5.
27. Galloway J. Dignity, values, attitudes and person‑centered
care. In: Hindle A, Coates A, editors. Nursing Care of Older
People. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press; 2013. p. 1‑14.
Available from http://www.esht.nhs.uk/EasySiteWeb/GatewayLink.
aspx?alId=496136. [Last accessed on 20 May 2016].
28. Malekshahi F. Evaluation of Respect to the Territory and Rights of
Patients Hospitalized in Tribes Shohada Abad Hospitals. Second
Congress of International Iran Medical Ethics, Tehran; 2008.
29. Heidari M, Anooshe M, Azadarmaki T, Mohammadi A. The process
of patient’s privacy: A grounded theory. J Shaeed Sdoughi Univ
Med Sci Yazd 2012;19:644‑54.
30. Whitehead J, Wheeler H. Patients’ experience of privacy and dignity.
Part 2: An empirical study. Br J Nurs 2008;17:458‑64.31. Farsinejad M, Bazmi S, Teymouri B, Resane S. Comparison of patient
satisfaction from observing patients’ rights in selected public and
private hospitals in Tehran. Med Ethics 2012;6:99‑112.
32. Erer S, Atici E, Erdemir AD. The views of cancer patients on patient
rights in the context of information and autonomy. J Med Ethics
2008;34:384‑8.
33. Baba Mahmoodi F, Meftahi M, Khademlu VM, Hesamzade A.
Provision of patients rights chart in educational hospitals of
Mazandaran form viewpoint of patients. Iran J Med Ethics Hist Med
2011;4:39‑44.
34. Parsapoor AR, Bagheri AR, Larijani B. The Iranian charter of patient
rights. Iran J Med Ethics Hist Med 2009;3:39‑47.
35. Arefi M, Talaei N. Patient satisfaction in Baharloo Hospital in 2008.
Payavard Salamat 2011;4:97‑103.
36. Gahramanian A, Rahmani A, Zamanzadeh V, Mohajjelagdam A.
Respecting patients privacy during nursing care in the viewpoint
of Patients and nurses. Iran J Nurs 2008;21:37‑45.
37. Arab M, Zarei A, Hosseini M. Awareness and observation of patients’
rights from the perspective of patients: A study in university
hospitals in Tehran. Sci J Sch Public Health Inst Public Health Res
2010;8:77‑86.
38. Khatib R, Armenian H. Developing an instrument for measuring
human dignity and its relationship to health in Palestinian refugees.
World Med Health Policy 2010;2:35‑49.
39. Javadi M, Yaghoobi M, Raiesi A, Mandegar H, Ayoobian A. A study
of non‑medical aspects of health services provided to patients in
selected hospitals of Isfahan: Responsiveness. Health Inf Manage
2011;8:709‑17.
40. Varmaghani M, Arab M, Zeraati H, Akbari Sari A. Factors affecting
patient’s decision in selecting governmental and private hospitals
in Tehran in 2008. Hospital 2011;10:45‑52.
41. Kalroozi F, Dadgari F, Zareiyan A. Patients’ satisfaction from
health care group in patient’s bill of right observance. J Mil Med
2010;12:143‑8.
42. Biranvand SH, Asti P, Anbari KH. Study of respecting patients rights
from nurses point of view employed in Khoramabad Hospitals. Nurs
Midwifery J 2012;21:53‑8.
43. Bagheri H, Yaghmaei F, Ashktorab T. Patient dignity and related
factors: A qualitative meta‑synthesis study. J Knowledge Health
2011;6:49‑56.