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72 gap statements mined from Patient Dignity and Privacy papers in our 4.5M-paper local library, which holds 750 papers on the topic — drawn mostly from each paper's own stated research gap, future-work, challenge and limitation notes, and its abstract. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one.

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  • The concept of dignity lacks a precise definition. The development of a valid and reliable measure of nurses' professional dignity. The need to capture both status-dignity and condition-dignity aspects in the scale.

    Development and Psychometric Testing of the Nurses’ Professional Dignity Scale · 2025 · DOI

  • The lack of a validated tool to measure nurses' professional dignity in English-speaking contexts. The need for a reliable and valid measure of nurses' professional dignity.

    Development and Psychometric Testing of the Nurses’ Professional Dignity Scale · 2025 · DOI

  • Psychological First Aid demonstrated effectiveness in reducing dignity-related distress and social frailty while enhancing psychological resilience among institutionalized older adults, highlighting its potential as a comprehensive psychosocial intervention, although further research is required to establish its long-term effectiveness and cross-cultural applicability.

    Effectiveness of psychological first aid on dignity-related distress, social frailty, and psychological resilience among institutionalized older adults: a randomized controlled trial · 2026 · DOI

  • The study highlights the need for comprehensive system strengthening to ensure robust privacy protection.

    COMPLIANCE WITH DATA PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY IN GHANAIAN PUBLIC HEALTHCARE FACILITIES · 2026 · DOI

  • Illness can threaten a person's dignity, since it exposes their vulnerability. Lack of respect or rigid systems can cause breaches of dignity and institutional humiliation, leading to a refusal of care.

    Promoting dignity as a core concept of healthcare: An opinion piece from an occupational therapy perspective · 2026 · DOI

  • The concept of dignity is complex and not fully understood in the context of healthcare. There is a need to maintain and respect patients' dignity in healthcare.

    Promoting dignity as a core concept of healthcare: An opinion piece from an occupational therapy perspective · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a lack of research on the experiences of nursing students regarding patient privacy. The study aims to fill this gap by examining the experiences of final-year nursing students regarding patient privacy.

    The Experiences of Senior Nursing Students Regarding Patient Privacy: A Qualitative Study · 2026 · DOI

  • The benefits of humanistic care for advanced cancer patients remain unclear. There is a need to improve the quality of death among advanced cancer patients.

    Effect of integrating personalized psychological nursing with humanistic care on treatment outcomes in patients with advanced cancers · 2026 · DOI

  • Ensuring patient privacy is a challenge in healthcare settings. Nurses may face challenges in balancing their professional values with the need to ensure patient privacy.

    Examination of Nurses’ Professional Values and Their Respect for Patient Privacy: A Cross-Sectional and Correlational Study · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a lack of studies on the relationship between professional values and patient privacy among nurses. There is a need to understand the factors that affect nurses’ ability to ensure patient privacy.

    Examination of Nurses’ Professional Values and Their Respect for Patient Privacy: A Cross-Sectional and Correlational Study · 2026 · DOI

  • The research highlights the need for a comprehensive ethical framework to preserve the human, emotional nature of care.

    Digital Care: Practical Difficulties and Ethical Challenges · 2026 · DOI

  • The concept of human dignity is not expressly regulated in the European Convention on Human Rights. The Court must balance the need to protect human dignity with the need to adapt to new biomedical challenges.

    Human Dignity and Biomedicine. From the Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights · 2026 · DOI

  • The ongoing philosophical debate about what it means to be human in an unprecedented technological age will require further exploration.

    Human Dignity and Biomedicine. From the Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights · 2026 · DOI

  • Although there are effective legal mechanisms against discrimination, such as disciplinary or even criminal sanctions against medical or auxiliary staff, fines, and civil damages, in many cases discriminatory attitudes and practices go unpunished or are insufficiently punished.

    Patientʼs Dignity. Unequal Access to Medical Treatment · 2026 · DOI

  • The lack of a strength-based, person-centered approach to end-of-life care. The need to navigate ethical complexities and avoid ableist language in goals-of-care conversations.

    Person-Centered Care at the End of Life: Challenging Ableism in Conversations About What Matters Most · 2026 · DOI

  • The concept of professional identity is complex and unclear in the context of health professions education. There is a need for a pragmatic approach to professional identity formation. The current idealistic and moralistic approach may not be effective in navigating tensions between individualistic values and public beneficence.

    Professional identity formation in health professions education: conceptual foundations and a pragmatic approach · 2026 · DOI

  • Future research should continue to explore the concept of empowerment in nursing from the perspective of Katie Eriksson's theory of caritative caring. Studies should investigate the impact of empowerment on patient outcomes and the role of communication, therapeutic presence, and the inclusion of family in sustaining person-centered care.

    Empoderamiento, dignidad humana y cuidado caritativo según la teoría de Katie Eriksson · 2026 · DOI

  • Conversations about dignity are fundamental to person-centered care in pediatrics, yet practical language strategies to promote and support dignity remain understudied.

    Language to Support Dignity for Children With Advanced Cancer and Their Families · 2024 · DOI

  • Balancing the duty to maintain patient confidentiality with the need to protect others at risk. Determining when it is justified to breach confidentiality. Developing a more nuanced approach to confidentiality in the context of AIDS.

    AIDS and Confidentiality · 1987 · DOI

  • The challenge of understanding the concept of human needs. The challenge of applying this understanding to medical decision-making. The challenge of prioritizing human needs over human rights.

    Needs and Medicine · 1982 · DOI

  • The high cost and limited benefit of late intervention in chronic disease processes. The lack of understanding about people's preferences for sources of self-care information.

    Preferences for Sources of Self-Care Information · 1982 · DOI

  • There is a lack of understanding about people's preferences for sources of self-care information. The paper aims to fill this gap by studying people's preferences for self-care information sources.

    Preferences for Sources of Self-Care Information · 1982 · DOI

  • When the pandemic rolled into our national consciousness in March of 2020, I had been serving as volunteer executive director for eight months, with no agreement in sight.

    Understanding Privilege in a Pandemic · 2021 · DOI

  • Further research is needed to explore the factors associated with endorsement of societal recognition and respect for healthcare professionals, - Studies should investigate the impact of patient characteristics and outpatient care experiences on endorsement, - Research should examine the relationship between endorsement and health…

    Outpatients’ endorsement of societal recognition and respect for healthcare professionals in China’s tertiary public hospitals: a national multicenter cross-sectional study · 2026 · DOI

  • Further study on the implementation of a strength-based, person-centered approach to end-of-life care. Research on the impact of ableist language and assumptions on patient outcomes.

    Person-Centered Care at the End of Life: Challenging Ableism in Conversations About What Matters Most · 2026 · DOI

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Open questions raised by papers listed on this page include: (1) Lack of respect or rigid systems can cause breaches of dignity and institutional humiliation, leading to a refusal of care (“Promoting dignity as a core concept of healthcare: An opinion piece from an…”, 2026); (2) There is a lack of research on the experiences of nursing students regarding patient privacy (“The Experiences of Senior Nursing Students Regarding Patient Privacy: A…”, 2026); (3) The benefits of humanistic care for advanced cancer patients remain unclear (“Effect of integrating personalized psychological nursing with humanistic care…”, 2026); (4) There is a lack of studies on the relationship between professional values and patient privacy among nurses (“Examination of Nurses’ Professional Values and Their Respect for Patient…”, 2026); (5) The lack of a strength-based, person-centered approach to end-of-life care (“Person-Centered Care at the End of Life: Challenging Ableism in Conversations…”, 2026). 72 gap statements have been mined from Patient Dignity and Privacy papers in our 4.5M-paper local library, which holds 750 papers on the topic; the gaps come from whichever of those papers state one. They are mostly the research gaps the authors state and the papers' abstracts, plus future-work, limitations and challenges passages. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one, so you can read the original claim in context.

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