Dignity Therapy

In terms of constructing my research paper, I have to organize the information with the perspective of writing to an audience, and ask myself, will my audience understand what I’m trying to say here? Is there any confusion or need for clarification? So, I believe the best approach will be to first start of clearly identifying what prompted my research or what inspired me to talk about dignity therapy. I will identify the research question that is the foundation of my research paper. Moreover, I will give a description of what dignity therapy is and what differentiates it from life review because life review is commonly used for patients at the end of life and has similar characteristics to dignity therapy. However, I have to clearly identify the major difference.
After my introduction, I will first introduce the three research articles that compared dignity therapy in comparison to standard palliative care or client centered care because these articles had a control group which can aid in enhancing support for this therapeutic approach. The three articles are “Efficacy of Dignity Therapy on Depression and Anxiety in Portuguese Terminally Ill Patients,” “Effect of Dignity Therapy on Distress and End-of-Life Experience in Terminally Ill
I will connect my research question and finding’s to clearly determine whether this psychotherapeutic approach is relevant on promoting quality of life; rather, than just routine support and management provided by the multiprofessional team. Furthermore, I will discuss what could have been done differently in the articles or what should be done in future research. Hence, a major recommendation I would be sure to include in my conclusion is that more research needs to be done in the United States regarding the effectiveness of dignity