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Rapid response to:

Editorials

Dignity is a useless concept

BMJ 2003; 327 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.327.7429.1419 (Published 18 December 2003) Cite this as: BMJ 2003;327:1419

Rapid Response:

Proposed Definition of Dignity

To have dignity is:

To be outwardly of right mind and body so as to have self respect
(whether privately felt or endowed by virtue of onlookers).

Competing interests:
None declared

Competing interests: No competing interests

26 February 2004
Jamie S J Wilson
Final Year Medical Student
Ninewells Hospital