Quality in Ageing and Older Adults: Volume 6 Issue 1

Editorial ‐ Dignity and older Europeans

Win Tadd

Core values in healthcare or why the patient isn't an afterthought

Alastair Campbell

This paper begins by discussing two contrasting approaches to health care. The first approach is that of principlism, which emphasises four universal principles: respect for…

Dignity and older Europeans: Methodology

Michael Calnan, Win Tadd

This paper describes the methods used within the Dignity and Older Europeans (DOE) Project and in particular the approach involved in developing the bibliographical database, the…

The four notions of dignity

Lennart Nordenfelt, Andrew Edgar

This paper presents the theoretical model of dignity that has been created within the Dignity and Older Europeans (DOE) Project. The model consists of four kinds of dignity: the…

Dignity: The voice of older people

Tony Bayer, Win Tadd, Stefan Krajcik

This paper reports the findings of 89 focus groups and 18 individual interviews (involving 391 older people in 6 European countries) that were held to explore how older people…

Dignity and older people: The voice of professionals

Sergio Ariño‐Blasco, Win Tadd, Josep Boix‐Ferrer

Professionals' views concerning the importance of dignity and how this can best be maintained is important for the planning and provision of appropriate services, especially for…

Dignity and older people: The voice of society

David Stratton, Win Tadd

This paper describes the findings from 89 focus groups held with 505 young (13‐39 years) and middle‐aged (40‐59 years) adults in the UK, Ireland, Spain, France, Slovakia and…