Gentle nodding of the head can demonstrate acknowledgment of what's being said, without validating or agreeing with the meaning or position of the speaker.
A public apology and acknowledgment will validate their plight.
O.K., it was strangely validating.
It's also socially validating.
88, 8 L.Ed. 876 (defective acknowledgment in deed validated by general law); Galveston H. & H.R. Co. v. Cowdrey, 11 Wall.
I think it validated and gave them the acknowledgment in that community that this was true, it was something that happened to them.
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Treatment preferences, terminal illness acknowledgment, coping, communication, and advance care planning—We used validated measures to elicit patients' preferences for chemotherapy, mechanical ventilation, admission to an intensive care unit near death, and life extending care versus comfort care.
The pre-publication history for this paper can be accessed here: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6831/14/17/prepub wouldulikeike to show our appreciation to the members and the Directive Committee of the Peruvian Association of Dentistry for Infants (ASPOB) and give special acknowledgment to Carlos Nurko for his invaluable help in the translation process needed to validate the questionnaire.
Such studies, however, should be used with acknowledgment of their uncertainty and limitations, and do not supplant the need for well-designed empirical studies that can validate models and offer policymakers more evidence, and provide greater confidence around policy impact.
