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Harold Y. Vanderpool, PhD

JAMA. 1978;239(9):850-852.

Abstract
The widely used notion of dignity is questioned as an adequate ideal for care of terminally ill persons. Instead of dying with dignity, the essential ethical components of dying with a sense of worth are proposed as comprising truly humane and personal care.

(JAMA 239:850-852, 1978)

Author Affiliations
From the Institute for the Medical Humanities, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to Institute for the Medical Humanities, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77550 (Dr Vanderpool).

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