Martha is dying. Her family and doctor are aware of her grave condition, but she isn’t. The family chose not to tell her because they don’t want her to get depressed and give up. This illustrates the _______________pattern of death awareness Choices: closed awareness                   mutual pretense           suspected awareness open awareness

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Martha is dying. Her family and doctor are aware of her grave condition, but she isn’t. The family chose not to tell her because they don’t want her to get depressed and give up. This illustrates the _______________pattern of death awareness

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closed awareness                  

mutual pretense          

suspected awareness

open awareness       

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Awareness refers to the quality and state of staying aware of the situations and conditions. Awareness is very important for humans in order to stay conversant with society. Awareness plays an essential role in eliminating various issues of society. Awareness can be used for addressing various issues such as health, social, economic, environmental, etc. 

 

 

 

 

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