Dignity therapy

Harvey Max Chochinov

Maintaining dignity for patients approaching death is a core principle of palliative care. Translating that principle into methods of guiding care at the end of life, however, can be a complicated and daunting task. DIgnity therapy, a psychological intervention developed by Dr. Harvey Max Chochinov and his internationally lauded research group, has been designed specifically to address many of the psychological, existential, and spiritual challenges that patients and their families face as they grapple with the reality of life drawing to a close. tested with patients with advanced illnesses in Canada, the United States, Australia, China, Japan, Scotland, England, Denmark, and Portugal, dignity therapy has been shown to benefit not only patients, but their families as well. In the first book to lay out the blueprint for this unique and meaningful intervention, Chochinov addresses one...