I just read this article:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/06/opinion/doctor-patient-death-truth.htmlwhere the author says:
In the most generous version of that night, my goal was to give my patient the information he needed so that he could reach out to those he loved, to say whatever he would want to say with the knowledge that his time was short.
I think "reach out" was exactly what was meant and quite appropriate. This piece made me realise that it could be us at fault: we reach out
and then contact someone, or reach out
to contact them.