dignified death

collocation in English

meaningsofdignifiedanddeath

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dignified
adjective
uk
/ˈdɪɡ.nɪ.faɪd/us
/ˈdɪɡ.nə.faɪd/
controlled, serious, and calm, and therefore ...
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death
noun[C or U]
uk
/deθ/us
/deθ/
the end ...
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(Definition ofdignifiedanddeathfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Ameliorating distress at the end of life can help patients to experience a more peaceful anddignifieddeath.
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If not, why does he think hospice care provides a more effective route to a "dignifieddeath" than does more aggressive care?
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Certainly, there will be a moredignifieddeath.
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The hospice movement also provides adignifieddeathand a tremendous amount of joy.
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Doctors have a duty to try to provide patients with a peaceful anddignifieddeathwith minimal suffering.
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But this right also involves the right not to be subjected to inhumane treatment, the right to have access to care and the right to adignifieddeath.
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People fear that, unless we respect other people's rights to life and adignifieddeath, we should not be surprised if other people do not respect ours.
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Our attitude should support a natural anddignifieddeath, which is possible with advance care planning and a first-rate palliative care system.
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In the book, the author chronicles medical advances and increased longevity in the context of the right to adignifieddeath.
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There is some concern that age discrimination denies the elderly adignifieddeath.
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One factor that has been cited as a core component ofdignifieddeathis maintaining a sense of control.
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Another view is that a trulydignifieddeathis an extension of a dignified life.
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