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Respect And Dignity Case Study

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Royal College of Nursing (RCN, 2008) goes on to say respect is treating someone with courtesy and recognises that someone’s view is of value and worth. Therefore a patient has the right to be treated with respect and dignity regardless of his/her age, race or culture. (quote) Respect and dignity’ is a broad topic; therefore, this assignment will focus on the importance of maintaining privacy and dignity of elderly patient on the surgical ward in the hospital. I have chosen this topic as it will increase my knowledge and I will be able deliver dignified care to patients. The aim of this search is to look at some literature, which has been produced and i will be checking for it relevance against my chosen search topic. Literature searching

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