The prospect of a child's death is so awful that to broach it in a movie or a book requires a special measure of caution and sensitivity.
Some advisers say: 'How am I supposed to talk about the fact that you're getting older and odds are one day you'll have dementia or Alzheimer's?' I think broaching it in a different way — by saying there are new regulations so if we can't find you and think there is suspicious activity on your account, we can get in touch with that person — that goes a lot better.
This is interesting territory, and I wanted to do more on it, but ultimately decided the best way to broach it in the film was through the providers in each character's life.
Theoretically, of course, it is possible that lifestyle behaviour had been discussed in a previous consultation to the one recorded, or the GP may have planned to broach it in a later consultation.
Matthew Passion," for instance, might be sung by just eight singers was revolutionary when Mr. Rifkin broached it at a conference in Boston in 1981, and the controversy has rumbled on.
The idea of "engaging" Iran diplomatically is becoming less politically radioactive than it was early in the Bush years, when any officials who broached it were putting their careers in jeopardy.
Although the topic of end-of-life may seem difficult to broach, it is harder in the long run not having these conversations.
And when sex is broached in public — in the media, for example — it is most often as a crisis or a scandal or a tragedy.
When the idea was first broached in New York and Washington in the early 1990's, some black community leaders opposed it, seeing immigrants as political and economic competitors.
Before the Camp David peace negotiations, reflections on how to finesse issues like Jerusalem were never seriously broached in Arab countries.
