“There is one essential requirement for being close with a dying person: the letting go of self-concern.”

“Our health care approaches squander billions on extravagant treatment regimes that end up accomplishing little, as a society we refuse to adopt the small, even tiny adjustments that could easily reduce the clawing uncertainties that now degrade millions.”

“There is one essential requirement for being close with a dying person: the letting go of self-concern.”