Introduction: Talking about care/caring about talk = 1
one Constructions of care: the family, difficulties and policy = 11
two Biographies, family histories and discursive psychology = 41
three Accounts of care and accounting for care: repertoires in talk = 65
four Embedding difficulties in talk about care relationships = 107
five Mapping family history: the genealogy of difficulties and care = 129
six Two sides to the care story: illustrating the analytic potential = 149
seven Talking about family care: practice implications = 173
References = 185
Appendix A: Biographical summaries of participants = 195
Appendix B: Transcription notations = 201
Appendix C: Methods = 203
Index = 205
one Constructions of care: the family, difficulties and policy = 11
two Biographies, family histories and discursive psychology = 41
three Accounts of care and accounting for care: repertoires in talk = 65
four Embedding difficulties in talk about care relationships = 107
five Mapping family history: the genealogy of difficulties and care = 129
six Two sides to the care story: illustrating the analytic potential = 149
seven Talking about family care: practice implications = 173
References = 185
Appendix A: Biographical summaries of participants = 195
Appendix B: Transcription notations = 201
Appendix C: Methods = 203
Index = 205