 Therefore, the primary objective for this study conducted in phase one is to explore family caregiver and care recipient mutual negotiation of roles and responsibilities by gaining insight into the social experience of cancer family caregiving that will have application to practice and guide further study. Phase two is contingent upon sample size, with the goal to further explore quantitative measures of individual caregiver and patient as well as dyadic well-being with regard to role adjustment and mutuality. A particular focus will be on dyads who are flourishing and those who are collaborating, to determine what they are doing differently. 