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Dignity Therapy

Dignity Therapy is a psychotherapeutic intervention designed to enhance terminally ill patients’ sense of meaning, legacy, and self-worth through structured life-review conversations that culminate in a personally meaningful document, distinguishing it from other palliative psychosocial interventions by its explicit focus on preserving dignity and facilitating existential closure.

135

Publications

7.3K

Citations

424

Authors

234

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

52

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Children

Publications

135

Dignity Therapy: A Novel Psychotherapeutic Intervention for Patients Near the End of Life

Harvey Max Chochinov, Thomas F. Hack, Thomas Hassard et al. · Journal of Clinical Oncology · 2005 · 1K citations

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Effect of dignity therapy on distress and end-of-life experience in terminally ill patients: a randomised controlled trial

Harvey Max Chochinov, Linda J. Kristjanson, William Breitbart et al. · The Lancet Oncology · 2011 · 769 citations

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Do Patients Treated With Dignity Report Higher Satisfaction, Adherence, and Receipt of Preventive Care?

Mary Catherine Beach · The Annals of Family Medicine · 2005 · 271 citations · Full text

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Legalized Physician-Assisted Suicide in Oregon — The Second Year

Amy Sullivan, David W. Fleming · New England Journal of Medicine · 2000 · 243 citations · Full text

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Care of the Hopelessly Ill

Timothy E. Quill, C K Cassel, Diane E. Meier · New England Journal of Medicine · 1992 · 239 citations

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Authors

424

  1. HM
    Harvey Max Chochinov

    University of Manitoba, Canada

    25 publications · 2.9K citations

    20

    h-index

  2. SH
    Sue Hall

    King's College London, United Kingdom

    8 publications · 470 citations

    8

    h-index

  3. LJ
    Linda J. Kristjanson

    Edith Cowan University, Australia

    8 publications · 2.4K citations

    8

    h-index

  4. IJ
    Irene J Higginson

    King's College London, United Kingdom

    7 publications · 420 citations

    7

    h-index

  5. PS
    Peter Speck

    King's College London, United Kingdom

    7 publications · 416 citations

    7

    h-index

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Institutions

234

  1. University of Manitoba

    Winnipeg, Canada

    17 h-index

    40 publications

    11.3K citations

  2. CancerCare Manitoba

    Winnipeg, Canada

    17 h-index

    31 publications

    9.6K citations

  3. King's College London

    London, United Kingdom

    11 h-index

    43 publications

    2.3K citations

  4. Curtin University

    Perth, Australia

    9 h-index

    16 publications

    1.6K citations

  5. Northwestern University

    Evanston, United States

    6 h-index

    8 publications

    163 citations

  6. Cicely Saunders International

    London, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    24 publications

    1.6K citations

  7. Research Institute in Oncology and Hematology

    Winnipeg, Canada

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    133 citations

  8. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    4 h-index

    21 publications

    511 citations

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Venues

  1. BMC Palliative Care

    9 publications · 334 citations

    9

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  2. Palliative & Supportive Care

    9 publications · 359 citations

    9

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  3. Journal of Palliative Medicine

    8 publications · 570 citations

    8

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  4. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

    7 publications · 269 citations

    7

    h-index

  5. Palliative Medicine

    6 publications · 392 citations

    6

    h-index

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