1. Identity : exploring identity in the 'figured worlds' of cancer caregiving and marriage -- 2. Loss : indefinite loss: the experiences of carers of a spouse with cancer -- 3. Coping : managing hope, denial or temporal anomie? -- 4. Feeling : prognosis ambiguity, role conflict …
Drawing on rich, in-depth interview data and employing interactionist theories, Towards a Sociology of Cancer Caregiving explores carers' lived experiences, paying close attention to the ways in which spouse carers manage the ambiguity that pervades their orientations to the fut…
Once a synonym for death, cancer is now a prognosis of multiple probabilities and produces a world of uncertainty for carers. Drawing on rich, in-depth interview data and employing interactionist theories, Towards a Sociology of Cancer Caregiving explores carers' lived experienc…
Once a synonym for death, cancer is now a prognosis of multiple probabilities and produces a world of uncertainty for carers. Drawing on rich, in-depth interview data and employing interactionist theories, Towards a Sociology of Cancer Caregiving explores carers' lived experienc…