Integrating Multiple Roles: The Social Context of Spousal Cancer Caregiving

Caregivers' various roles, including that of spouse, and prior experiences and interactions helped them to make sense of their caregiving role, create meaning and help shape expectations. Our analysis works towards a more nuanced, complex integration of caregiving history and its role in a broader social context. Future work should continue to explore specific contextual aspects of caregiving; a broader ecological model of caregiving could be useful in theory and practice.