Anderson, H., Holst. L.A., Sunderland, R., Ministry to Outpatients: A New Challenge in Pastoral Care, Augsburg, 1991.

Anderson, R.J., Fukuyama, M.A., Ministry In The Spiritual And Cultural Diversity Of Healthcare: Increasing The Competency Of Chaplains, Haworth Pastoral Press, 2004.

Burton, L.A., Handzo, G., eds. Health Care Chaplaincy in Oncology, New York: Haworth Pastoral Press, 1992.

Carson, V.B., Koenig, H.G., Spiritual Caregiving:  Health Care As a Ministry, Templeton Foundation Press, 2004.

Hendler, N., A Sense of the Sacred: Images and Reflections of Chaplains and Patients in a Common Spiritual Quest for Healing and Wholeness, The HealthCare Chaplaincy, 1999.

Koenig, H., Spirituality in Patient Care, Templeton Foundation Press, 2002.

McCall, J.B., A Practical Guide to Hospital Ministry:  Health Way, Haworth Pastoral Press, 2002.

Orchard, H., ed., Spirituality in Health Care Contexts, J. Kingsley, 2001.  

Smith, D.H., Caring Well:  Religion, Narrative, and Health Care Ethics,  Westminster John Knox Press, 2000.

Life Threatening Illness

Ansorge, J.J., When You Are Diagnosed With a Life-Threatening Illness (Difficult Times Series) Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 2002.

Doka, K.J., Living with Life-Threatening Illness : A Guide for Patients, Their Families, and Caregivers, Jossey-Bass, 1998.

Deveau, E.J., Adams, D.W., Beyond the Innocence of Childhood: Helping Children and Adolescents Cope With Life-Threatening Illness and Dying (Beyond the Innocence of Childhood), Baywood Publications Company, 1995.

Dunn, Hank, Light in the Shadows: Meditations While Living with a Life-Threatening Illness by Hank Dunn, A & A Publishers 1999.

Helfant, R.H., Courageous Confrontations : Lives Transformed by Life-Threatening, Sentient Publications, 2005.

King, P., Quest for Life: A Handbook for People With Life-Threatening Illness, Dawn Publications, 1994.

Lynn, J. , Harrold, J.,Handbook for Mortals: Guidance for People Facing Serious Illness, Oxford University Press, 2001.

Mitchell, M., Dancing on Quicksand: A Gift of Friendship in the Age of Alzheimer's, Johnson Books, 2002.

Sourkes, B.M., The Deepening Shade: Psychological Aspects of Life-Threatening Illness (Contemporary Community Health Series), University of Pittsburgh Press, 1982. 

Sourkes, B.M., Armfuls of Time: The Psychological Experience of the Child With a Life-Threatening Illness, University of Pittsburgh Press, 1996.

Spiegel, D, M.D., Living Beyond Limits: New Hope and Help for Facing Life-Threatening Illness, Bull Publishing Company, 2005.

Mental Illness

Capps, Donald, Fragile Connections:  Memoirs For Pastoral Care Professionals, Chalice Press, 2005.

Govig, S.D., In the Shadow of Our Steeples:  Pastoral Presence for Families Coping with Mental Illness, Haworth Pastoral Press, 1999.

Andreae, C., When Evening Comes : The Education of a Hospice Volunteer, Thomas Dunne Books, 2000.

Armstrong-Dailey, A., Zarbock, S., eds., Hospice Care for Children, Oxford University Press, 2001.

Heffner, J.E., Byock, I., Palliative and End-Of-Life Pearls, (Pearls Series),  Hanley & Belfus,  2002.

Hospice & Palliative Nurses Association, Scope and Standards of Hospice and Palliative Nursing Practice, American Nurses Association, 2002.

Lattanzi-Licht, M., Miller, G.M.,  Mahoney, J.J., The Hospice Choice : In Pursuit of a Peaceful Death, Fireside, 1998.

Lembke, J., The Quality of Life: Living Well, Dying Well, The Lyons Press, 2004.

Doyle, D., Jeffrey, D., Palliative Care in the Home , Oxford University Press, 2000.

Sheehan, D.C., Hospice and Palliative Care: Concepts and Practice, (Jones and Bartlett Series in Oncology), Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc, 2003.