Mothers, Young People and Chronic Illness

This title was first published in 2003: This book explores how gender differentially affects both the ways in which young people manage chronic illness, and the ways in which mothers care for their teenage sons and daughters.

Clare Williams

Contents: Introduction; Perspectives on young people, asthma and diabetes; Mothers and transitions to gendered independence; Responsibility versus autonomy - mothers' conflict?; Gendered ways of managing chronic illness; Gendered dependencies and responsibilities?; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.