Pt. 1. Theoretical Issues: Caregiving Research and Theory. Ch. 1. Caregivers of Ill Persons. Ch. 2. The Caregiver of the Cancer Patient -- Pt. 2. Empirical Research: Caregivers and Cancer. Ch. 3. Measurement Issues. Ch. 4. Primary Caregiver Distress: Three Studies. Ch. 5. Primary Caregiver Coping with Breast Cancer. Ch. 6. Secondary Caregiver Distress: Parents of Adult Cancer Patients. Ch. 7. The Spouse Caregiver and the Bereavement Process -- Pt. 3. Practical Issues. Ch. 8. Psychosocial Intervention for Reducing Caregiver Distress. Ch. 9. Doctor-Cancer Patient-Family Caregiver Relationship and Medical Ethics Issues. Ch. 10. Summary and Conclusions
