Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- 1 The Stories of Chronic Illness: Narrative Roles and Family Therapy -- 2 Chronic Illness and the Family Meaning System -- 3 Chronic Illness, Disability, Secondary Conditions, and the Culturally Diverse Family -- 4 The Changing American Family: The View from Social Texts -- 5 A Social Constructionist Approach to Therapy with Couples with a Chronic Illness -- 6 Chronic Illness: An Inquiry into Understanding Irritable Bowel Syndrome from a Place of Uncertainty -- 7 A Family Case Study on Mindfulness-Based Family Therapy for Chronic Co-Occurring Disorders: Chronic Stress, Chronic Anxiety, and Chronic Pain -- 8 Family Therapy for Adult Children Caregivers and Their Families -- 9 The Chronically Ill and End-of-Life Care -- Authors' Affiliations -- Index