First published 2015 by Ashgate Publishing--t.p. verso. - Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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 and emotion work in cancer caregiving -- 5. Time : a time-sovereignty approach to understanding carers' emotions and support preferences.