Jaber F. Gubrium is professor and chair of sociology at the University of Missouri. He has an extensive record of research on the social organization of care in human service institutions. His publications include numerous books and articles on aging, family, the life course, medicalization, and representational practice in therapeutic context.

• PART ONE: THEMES AND SETTINGSThe Troubled HomeThe SettingsPART TWO: WESTSIDE HOUSEDiscerning Domestic AuthorityConstructing the SystemRestoring HierarchyPART THREE: FAIRVIEW HOSPITALDomestic Sentiments and ControlThe Rationalization of FeelingsFacilitating ExpressionPART FOUR: THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF DOMESTIC DISORDERVoice and MethodLanguage and Domestic Reality

Jaber F. Gubrium is professor and chair of sociology at the University of Missouri. He has an extensive record of research on the social organization of care in human service institutions. His publications include numerous books and articles on aging, family, the life course, medicalization, and representational practice in therapeutic context.

• PART ONE: THEMES AND SETTINGSThe Troubled HomeThe SettingsPART TWO: WESTSIDE HOUSEDiscerning Domestic AuthorityConstructing the SystemRestoring HierarchyPART THREE: FAIRVIEW HOSPITALDomestic Sentiments and ControlThe Rationalization of FeelingsFacilitating ExpressionPART FOUR: THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF DOMESTIC DISORDERVoice and MethodLanguage and Domestic Reality

Jaber F. Gubrium is professor and chair of sociology at the University of Missouri. He has an extensive record of research on the social organization of care in human service institutions. His publications include numerous books and articles on aging, family, the life course, medicalization, and representational practice in therapeutic context.

• PART ONE: THEMES AND SETTINGSThe Troubled HomeThe SettingsPART TWO: WESTSIDE HOUSEDiscerning Domestic AuthorityConstructing the SystemRestoring HierarchyPART THREE: FAIRVIEW HOSPITALDomestic Sentiments and ControlThe Rationalization of FeelingsFacilitating ExpressionPART FOUR: THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF DOMESTIC DISORDERVoice and MethodLanguage and Domestic Reality