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that mislead the people informed.","Close a record or a matter it is not authorized to close."],"requiresHuman":["Declaring an event, project or clinical episode ended.","Communicating the end of a life to family."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Telling people something has ended, especially a life, demands care and plain honesty.","Premature closure of a case or process can deny people their rights."],"affectedParties":["People awaiting a decision","Bereaved families","Record keepers"]},"owners":{"steward":"Nobody owns the concept; whoever keeps the record answers for its accuracy.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"oewn-07306035-n","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"event","type":"related","note":"in registry terms, as a phase"},{"target":"beginning","type":"related","note":"the opening phase"},{"target":"narrative structure","type":"related","note":"as denouement"},{"target":"end of life","type":"related","note":"in the euphemistic sense, 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