Cover
Half Title
Series Information
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
List of contributors
Foreword
References
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Defining and defying chronicity
Care and the politics of deservingness
Structure of the book
Concluding remarks
Notes
References
1 A house of cards: Chronicity, care packages and a 'good life'
Background
Methods
Theoretical framework: Temporality, ethics and care
Clarissa's struggle and the house of cards
Temporal/spatial reconfiguration: a discussion
Relationality: a discussion

Conclusion
Notes
References
2 (Un)Deservingness and disregard: Chronicity, hospice and possibilities for care on the American periphery
Deserving and undeserving of care
(Un)Deservingness, attention and disregard
Shaping a landscape of care through disregard
Disregarded costs and the disappearance of medical equipment
Claims to deservingness and bureaucratic mechanisms of disregard
Durable medical equipment 'within reach'
Snowbirds
'The only way to be heard': Inaudibility and absent complaints
Ms Donovan
Conclusion
Notes
References

3 Publicly privatised: Relative care support and the neoliberal reform in Finland
Introduction
Two facets of privatisation in the care system
Relative caregivers in Archipelago Town and municipal support
Families, relatives and caregiving practices in Archipelago Town
Struggling with closed doors
The professionalism of relative care
The difference between relative caregivers and care workers
Conclusion
Notes
References
4 The 'hassle' of 'good' care in dementia: Negotiating relatedness in the navigation of bureaucratic systems of support
Introduction

'Official' paperwork
The fuss and trust of relatedness
'Getting it all sorted': (Mis)adventures in bureaucratic hassle
The state as a bad relative
Conclusion
References
5 Assemblages of care around albinism: Kin-based networks and (in)dependence in contemporary Tanzania
Introduction
Multiple assemblages of care around people with albinism
The reduction of institutional care and the 'NGOisation' of the nation state
Kin-based care and humanitarian discourses in Ilula: Florentina's experiences

(In)dependence in Dar es Salaam: Daudi's self-care, care for and care about others
Conclusion
Note
References
6 Alcoholism and evangelical healing in Indigenous Mexico: Chronicity and care at the margins of the state
From comorbidity to syndemics of alcoholism and marginality
Five centuries of alcoholisation
Drinking at the margins
Care for whom? Drinking patterns and the possibility of care
Medical (un)care: Governmental health providers
Evangelicals and alcohol: Healing within the community
Conclusions
Acknowledgements
Notes
References