It's hard to know what to say to people who have lost a loved one or who are dealing with illness. Philip Galanes, New York Times Social Q’s columnist gives advice on how to offer words of comfort and answer listener questions on how to handle the uncomfortable subjects of illness and death. Galanes is the author of Social Q's: How to Survive the Quirks, Quandaries and Quagmires of Today.

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