Results 11 to 20 of about 626,657 (269)

Testimonial Therapy: Impact on social participation and emotional wellbeing among Indian survivors of torture and organized violence

open access: yesTorture, 2018
Introduction: Traumatizing events, such as torture, cause considerable impairments in psycho-social functioning. In developing countries, where torture is often perpetrated, few resources exist for the provision of therapeutic or rehabilitating ...
Mia Myhre Jørgensen   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Voices of torture survivors in Tanzania: A qualitative study

open access: yesTorture, 2018
Introduction: No published research has been found on torture in Tanzania, but individual cases were documented by human rights organisations. The aim of this study was to explore the salient physical, mental and social effects of torture in the country,
Maha Aon   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Human Dignity, Human Rights, and Political Regimes [PDF]

open access: yes, 1986
It is often argued that internationally recognized human rights are common to all cultural traditions and adaptable to a great variety of social structures and political regimes. Such arguments confuse human rights with human dignity.
Donnelly, Jack   +1 more
core   +2 more sources

"Reconsidering Dignity Relationally" [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
I reconsider the concept of dignity in several ways in this article. My primary aim is to move dignity in a more relational direction, drawing on care ethics to do so.
Miller, Sarah Clark
core   +1 more source

Encouraging a Positive Outlook: The Benefits of Appreciative Inquiry in a Theological Library

open access: yesTheological Librarianship, 2013
Librarians face a future of rapid and disconcerting change, and it is increasingly important to address this change in a constructive way. In contrast to problem-solving approaches which focus on the negative, Appreciative Inquiry helps staff recognize ...
Rebecca Louise Miller   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Equipping healthcare professionals to care for the whole person

open access: yesChristian Journal for Global Health, 2016
Western medical education has only recently sought to attend to the spiritual aspects of the patient. The overwhelming evidence of the role the spiritual plays in health and disease has led to movement to adopt a bio-psycho-social-spiritual model of care.
Sharon Ann Falkenheimer
doaj   +1 more source

Human dignity and bioethics [PDF]

open access: yesZbornik Radova: Pravni Fakultet u Novom Sadu, 2013
By opening the field of bioethics followed a new wave of intense debate on the theological, philosophical and legal significance of the concept of human dignity .
Marjanović Miloš
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding Human Dignity in Shi’i Islam: Debates, Challenges, and Solutions for Contemporary Issues

open access: yesReligions, 2023
This study delves into the nuanced understanding of human dignity as expressed and upheld within the framework of Shi’i Islam. Drawing on the Quran as the primary source of Shi’i interpretation of the law and human rights, this research investigates the ...
SeyedAmirHossein Asghari
doaj   +1 more source

Dignity in and at work : why it matters [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Throughout the history of social science, dignity is a word that is continually used to express concern about various aspects of work. Within these concerns we see a set of implicit understandings of what dignity is, and what it does, and profoundly ...
Bolton, S.C.
core   +1 more source

Human Dignity as a Status vs Human Dignity as a Value. A Double Nature

open access: yesPhenomenology and Mind, 2016
My paper provides an analysis of two antithetical theories about the nature of human dignity: human dignity as a status, human dignity as a value. Strengths of the theories consist in having developed two relevant traits of human dignity, respectively ...
Barbara Malvestiti
doaj   +1 more source

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy