title: When death is near: helping families cope.
abstract: By using caring behaviors and recognizing the grief process, the nurse can help the dying patient and family gain emotional control, complete unfinished business, work through anticipatory grief, and learn how to let go.
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authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Krohn
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000368:Aged; D004645:Empathy; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology