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    The document discusses different types of communication with dying patients and factors that can lead to complicated grief. It describes closed awareness, suspicious awareness, mutual pretense, and open awareness as different approaches to communicating with a dying patient. It notes that mutual pretense deprives patients of an important transition by pretending everything is normal rather than acknowledging they are dying. The document also lists sudden or traumatic death, suicide, homicide, death of a child, and multiple losses as risk factors for complicated grief.

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    The document discusses different types of communication with dying patients and factors that can lead to complicated grief. It describes closed awareness, suspicious awareness, mutual pretense, and open awareness as different approaches to communicating with a dying patient. It notes that mutual pretense deprives patients of an important transition by pretending everything is normal rather than acknowledging they are dying. The document also lists sudden or traumatic death, suicide, homicide, death of a child, and multiple losses as risk factors for complicated grief.

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    The document discusses different types of communication with dying patients and factors that can lead to complicated grief. It describes closed awareness, suspicious awareness, mutual pretense, and open awareness as different approaches to communicating with a dying patient. It notes that mutual pretense deprives patients of an important transition by pretending everything is normal rather than acknowledging they are dying. The document also lists sudden or traumatic death, suicide, homicide, death of a child, and multiple losses as risk factors for complicated grief.

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    End of Life Care

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    The document discusses different types of communication with dying patients and factors that can lead to complicated grief. It describes closed awareness, suspicious awareness, mutual pretense, and open awareness as different approaches to communicating with a dying patient. It notes that mutual pretense deprives patients of an important transition by pretending everything is normal rather than acknowledging they are dying. The document also lists sudden or traumatic death, suicide, homicide, death of a child, and multiple losses as risk factors for complicated grief.

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    END-OF-LIFE CARE

    issues, updates

    Lea F. Capili, RN, MAN, US RN


    Page 1

    The Right To Know


    Types of Communication with the Dying Page 2

    Closed awareness
    -staff /family keep patient ignorant of their impending death

    Suspicious awareness
    patients suspect they are dying and try to get staff/family to confirm this suspicion

    Mutual pretense
    all parties know that the patient is dying but dont acknowledge it pretend everything is normal deprives cx of a very important time of transition in their life.

    Open awareness
    acknowledging that the patient is dying and being prepared to talk about it

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    Page 8

    Which of the following are risk factors in development of complicated grief?


    A. Sudden or traumatic death, suicide, homicide, death of a child, multiple losses B. Sudden or traumatic death, death of an elderly, multiple losses C. Death from chronic ailment, suicide, homicide, death of a child D. Death from chronic ailment, death of a family member, multiple losses

    Of the statements provided, identify which one reflects disenfranchised grief?

    A.Loss cannot be openly acknowledged or socially sanctioned B.At risk-AIDS partners C.terminated pregnancy D.All of these

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