How not to say the wrong thing

http://articles.latimes.com/2013/apr/07/opinion/la-oe-0407-silk-ring-theory-20130407

This is very excellent advice from the Los Angeles Times through the blog 'Cancer is not a Gift', for those who find themselves with a friend or relative who is ill.  The rule is comfort IN dump OUT.

I wish certain people had read this and taken note before dumping IN!!