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Dignity

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CQC Glossary of terms used in the guidance for providers and managers

Care Quality Commission

Dignity is concerned with how people feel, think and behave in relation to the worth or value that they place on themselves and others. To treat someone with dignity is to treat them as being of worth and respecting them as a valued person, taking account of their individual views and beliefs.

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