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Patient Dignity and Privacy

Patient Dignity and Privacy is a research topic within Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Science Explorer counts 16k research works in it since 1951. 16.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers revolves around the concept of Dignity Therapy, a novel psychotherapeutic intervention primarily focused on patients near the end of life in palliative care. The papers explore various aspects of preserving patient dignity, psychological distress, autonomy, and privacy in healthcare settings, with a particular emphasis on elderly care and human rights. They also discuss the impact of Dignity Therapy on the quality of life and well-being of terminally ill patients.

  • Dignity Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • End-of-Life
  • Patient Dignity
  • Psychotherapeutic Intervention
  • Elderly Care
  • Human Rights
  • Nursing Practice
  • Privacy and Confidentiality
  • Quality of Life
Research works
16k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
2.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
16.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+32%
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This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Patient Dignity and Privacy research?

By volume, the United States and Brazil publish the most (624 and 316 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 624 works
  2. 2 Brazil 316 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 249 works
  4. 4 Germany 169 works
  5. 5 China 121 works
  6. 6 India 104 works
  7. 7 Canada 103 works
  8. 8 Iran 99 works
  9. 9 Australia 96 works
  10. 10 Indonesia 80 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 31.8%Brazil: 16.1%United Kingdom: 12.7%Germany: 8.6%6 others listed: 30.8%32%largest
United States624 · 31.8%Brazil316 · 16.1%United Kingdom249 · 12.7%Germany169 · 8.6%6 others listed604 · 30.8%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Patient Dignity and Privacy research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Toronto publishes the most Patient Dignity and Privacy research, followed by University of Manchester and Esslingen University of Applied Sciences.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of TorontoCanada 13 works
  2. 2 University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom 11 works
  3. 3 Esslingen University of Applied SciencesGermany 11 works
  4. 4 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 10 works
  5. 5 Pontifícia Universidade Católica do ParanáBrazil 9 works
  6. 6 Harvard UniversityUnited States 9 works
  7. 7 Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil 8 works
  8. 8 Iranshahr UniversityIran 8 works
  9. 9 University of WashingtonUnited States 8 works
  10. 10 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 8 works

Where is Patient Dignity and Privacy research done?

The largest centres of Patient Dignity and Privacy research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), New York (United States), São Paulo (Brazil) and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 70 works
  2. 2 New York United States 40 works
  3. 3 São Paulo Brazil 39 works
  4. 4 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 33 works
  5. 5 Tehran Iran 31 works
  6. 6 Boston United States 29 works
  7. 7 Seoul South Korea 24 works
  8. 8 Toronto Canada 22 works
  9. 9 Melbourne Australia 21 works
  10. 10 Beijing China 21 works
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Where is the best place to study Patient Dignity and Privacy?

Among universities, judged by research, Esslingen University of Applied Sciences, Iranshahr University and University of Manchester score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%50%100%mean 19.6889%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Esslingen University of Applied Sciences: 11, 74.3%Iranshahr University: 8, 28.1%University of Manchester: 11, 6.1%University of Toronto: 13, 25.2%Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná: 9, 6.5%Harvard University: 9, 18.7%Universidade de Brasília: 8, 2.0%Universidade de São Paulo: 10, 7.3%University of Washington: 8, 9.0%Esslingen University…Iranshahr UniversityUniversity of TorontoUniversity of Manche…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Esslingen University of Applied SciencesGermany 82.074.3%130.7×11 +375.2%
2 Iranshahr UniversityIran 50.428.1%32.1×8 +170.8%
3 University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom 45.86.1%4.7×11 +158.5%
4 University of TorontoCanada 44.925.2%3.0×13 +32.6%
5 Pontifícia Universidade Católica do ParanáBrazil 43.26.5%22.2×9 —
6 Harvard UniversityUnited States 22.418.7%2.3×9 +9.0%
7 Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil 21.22.0%4.7×8 +117.1%
8 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 17.87.3%1.9×10 -7.2%
9 University of WashingtonUnited States 15.79.0%2.6×8 +66.9%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Patient Dignity and Privacy research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2022. The fastest-growing topics are Patient Dignity and Privacy.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.