Communal: care as remembering -- Contextual: care as re-membering -- Characteristics of the carers -- Care through consultation on caring -- Limit and loss -- the risks of care -- Patience and patienthood -- the need for care -- Abuse of self and others -- the failure to care -- Special relationships -- the balances of care -- Pastoral counseling: a ministry of availability and introduction -- Theological reflection on pastoral caring.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-267) and index.