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How do you tell your ailing grandmother who might go any minute (due to heart conditions) that her son died?
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A cruel choice: But honesty, delivered gently and with compassion would be my advice. Shielding people "for their own good" seems paternalistic and disrespectful to me. I would want to know where my son was and what happened.
Answered 8/5/2012
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