There's Something I Have to Tell You: How to Communicate Difficult News in Tough Situations

by Charles Foster, Lynne Amft (Designed by)

Few of us have positive role models for dealing effectively with problematic personal or professional revelations. In this wise and reassuring book, Foster, a renowned therapist, shows when and how to tell, so that compassion, empathy, understanding, and tact can be employed--all of which help the other person really hear what has to be said.

271 pages, Hardcover

First published June 2, 1997

About the author

Charles Foster is a Fellow of Green Templeton College at the University of Oxford. He is a qualified veterinarian, teaches medical law and ethics, and is a practicing barrister. Much of his life has been spent on expeditions: he has run a 150-mile race in the Sahara, skied to the North Pole, and suffered injuries in many desolate and beautiful landscapes. He has written on travel, evolutionary biology, natural history, anthropology, and philosophy.