1. An introduction to care -- 2. Definitions and boundaries, meanings and identities -- 3. The social policy of care -- 4. The care relationship: do families care? -- 5. Changing gendered notions of care: is caring still a feminist issue? -- 6. Culture and ethnicity: is care culturally and ethnically sensitive? -- 7. The geography of care -- 8. Professional debates surrounding care -- 9. The risks of care: abuse and neglect -- 10. Reconceptualizing care
