This book explores the complex issues surrounding the experience of long - term illness and the enormous pressure this puts on individuals, their families and careers and on health and social care services. Introduction, Receiving Care, Introduction, Living with Early Dementia, Disabilities and Illness: The Perspective of People Living with a Long - Term Condition, Experiencing Depression and Diabetes, Experiencing and Managing Medically Unexplained Conditions: The Case of Chronic Pelvic Pain in Women, Me and Me: Therapeutic Landscapes in an Unfamiliar World, Working with People with Lon - Term Conditions, How to Make Health and Social Care Research Radical and Really Really Useful, Naught for Your Comfort: Quality of Primary Care for People with Long - Term Conditions, Diabetes and Pregnancy: Service - Users' Perspectives on Services and on Research, Delivering Health and Social Care for People with Long - Term Conditions, International Experience of Integrating Health and Social Care for People Living with HIV, Ethics and Long - Term Conditions: A Reflective Approach, Index.