No matter how well, or how poorly, we have gotten along in the closing days, it is difficult to witness their dejection as they gather their belongings and make the bad-news phone calls.

• 无论关系是否融洽，我们都共同度过了病人的最后时刻。看着他们在悲痛中收拾死者的遗物，打电话告诉亲友不幸的消息，你又怎么能置身事外？