The Most Common Questions

This guide shares actual experiences of individuals and families as they face and overcome specific challenges. Each question is addressed in its own short chapter. Most chapters include a list of ideas, resources, and tools to help you develop your own solution to meet your unique needs.

To see a list of questions addressed in this guide, review the
Table of Contents.

To learn more about how to get the most out of this guide, visit How to Use This Guide.

To see how information is shared, read the Sample Chapter, "I Don’t Know What to Say…" In this chapter you’ll meet Hanna, and discover insights about what to say when visiting someone with serious illness. From her words you’ll gain a better understanding of what it’s like to live with an illness, and be better able to listen to and support someone you care about.