Health and illness in close relationships/ Ashley P. Duggan, Boston College, Massachusetts.

Includes index.

The unique context of health and illness in close relationships -- Defining health and illness -- Close relationship processes -- Attributes of the health and illness context for relationship processes -- Health / Illness, the Body, and Relational Processes -- Relationships as buffering or exacerbating health / Illness Outcomes -- Reconsidering embodiment and language for illness -- Relationship theories applied to illness transitions -- Integrated theory of health / Illness Trajectories and Relational Processes -- Theorizing close relationships and health / Illness Trajectories: Co-created, Co-Generative, and Systematic Processes -- Integrated co-generative, systematic processes and considerations for interdisciplinary understanding.