Syge- og dødslejer som katalysatorer for hygsom samvær

”When stuck in a hospital … it is irritating to find that, though one hand you are an object of pity and concern, on the other hand one is a social catalyst. Friends meet around the bed, discuss where they can “go on” after the hospital, supper possibly, then a movie, all pleasures which one’s illness has made possible but from which the illness excludes you. The last glimpse of the world as one goes through the gates will be of friends making plans what to do afterwards.” Alan Bennett, Writing Home, p. 201.