Books
Christ, G. (In Preparation). Post 9/11 Recovery: Five-Year Follow-up of Families of Fallen Firefighters.
Green, P., Kane, D., Christ, G., Lynch, S., Corrigan, M. (2006, April). FDNY Crisis Counseling: Innovative responses to 9/11 Firefighters, Families, and Communities. New York: Wiley Publishing Co.
Christ, G. (1999). Healing Children’s Grief: Surviving a Parent’s Death From Cancer. New York: Oxford University Press. (See, also, http://www.childrensgrief.com)
Articles in Refereed Journals
Christ, G. & Christ, A. (2006). Children’s grief: Current Approaches to helping Children Cope with a Parent’s Terminal Illness. CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 56:197-212.
Troug, R., Christ, G.. H., Browning, D., & Meyer, E. (2006). Sudden Traumatic Death in Children: “We Did Everything, but Your Child Didn’t Survive” Journal of the American Medical Association.
Christ, G. H., & Blacker, S. (2005). End-of-Life and palliative care policy: Social Work’s perspective and contributions. (Editorial). Journal of Palliative Medicine,8(4), .
Christ, G. H, & Blacker, S. (2005). Enhancing our understanding of the impact of transition to end-of-life caregiving. (Editorial). Journal of Palliative Medicine, 8(3), 622-622.
Christ, G. H., & Blacker, S. (2005). The profession of social work in palliative and end-of-life care. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 8(2), 415-417.
Kramer, B., Christ, G. H.., Bern-Krug, M., & Francoeur, R. (2005). A national agenda for social work research in palliative and end-of-life care. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 8(2), 418-431.
Christ, G. H., & Blacker, S. (2005). Setting an agenda for social work in end-of-life and palliative care: overview of leadership and organizational initiatives. Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care, 1(1), 9-22.
Christ, G., Siegel, K., Karus, D., & Christ, A. (2005). Evaluation of a bereavement intervention. Social Work in End-of-life and Palliative Care, 1(3), 57-81.
Gwyther, L. P, Altilio, T., Blacker, S., Christ, G., Csikai, E., Hooyman, N., Kramer, B., Linton, L. M., Raymer, M., & Howe, J. (2005). Social work competencies in palliative & end-of-life care. Social Work in End of Life and Palliative Care, 1(1), 23-32.
Christ, G., Siegel, K., & Christ, A. (2003). Adolescent grief: “It never really hit me. . .until it actually happened.” Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 42(4), 441.
Christ, G., Siegel, K., & Christ, A. (2002). Adolescent grief: “It never really hit me. . .until it actually happened.,” Journal of the American Medical Association, 288,1269-1279.
Taylor-Brown, S., Walsh-Burke, K., Altilio, T., Blacker, S., & Christ, G. (2001). Best practices in social work: End of life caregiving. “Best Practices Series,” SSLHC. Chicago: AHA Press.
Christ, G. (2000). The impact of development on children’s mourning, Cancer Practice, 8(2), 72-81.
Christ. G., & Sormanti, M. (1999). The social work role in end-of-life care: A survey of practitioners and academicians. Social Work in Health Care, 30(9), 81-99.
Christ, G. (1996). School and agency collaboration in a cost-conscious healthcare environment. Social Work in Health Care, 24(1/2), 53-72.
Chachkes, E, & Christ, G. (1996). Cross-cultural issues in patient education. Patient Education and Counseling, 27, 13-21.
Siegel, K., Karus, D., Raveis, V., Christ, G., & Mesagno, F. P. (1996). Depressive distress among the spouses of terminally ill cancer patients. Cancer Practice, 4(1), 25-33.
Christ, G., Lane, J., & Marcove, R. (1995). Psychosocial adaptation of long-term survivors of bone sarcoma. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 13(4), 1-22.
Siegel, K., & Christ, G. (1995). Social work research in hospital settings: Strategies for implementation. Social Work in Health Care, 21(2), 55-69.
Christ, G., Siegel, K., & Weinstein, L. (1995). Developing a research unit within a hospital social work department. Health and Social Work, 20, 60-68.
Christ, G., Siegel, K., & Sperber, D. (1994). Impact of parental terminal cancer on adolescents. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 64, 604-613.
Christ, G., Siegel, K., Freund, B., Langosch,D., Henderson, S., & Sperber, D. (1993). Impact of parental terminal cancer on latency-age children. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 63, 417-425.
Siegel, K., Mesagno, F., Karus, D., & Christ, G., Banks, K., & Moynihan, R. (1992). Psychosocial adjustment of children with a terminally ill parent. Journal of the Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 31, 327-333.
Siegel, K., Mesagno, F., Darus, D., & Christ, G. (1992). Reducing the prevalence of unmet needs for concrete services of patients with cancer. Cancer, 69, 1873-1883.
Zampini,.K., Ostroff, J., Rowland, J., Christ, G., Parsonnet, L., Weinstein, L., Marks, E., & Geraghty, J. (1992). Holland post-treatment resource program for promoting the quality-of-life of cancer survivors: 1st 2 years. General Hospital Psychiatry, 13, 382-392.
Christ, G., Siegel, K., Mesagno, F., & Langosch, D. (1991). A preventive intervention program for bereaved children: Problems of implementation. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 61, 168-178.
Christ, G. H. (1991). A model for the development of psychosocial interventions. Recent Results in Cancer Research, 121, 301-311.
Christ, G. H., & Siegel, K. (1991). Parental death: A preventive intervention. Recent Results in Cancer Research, 121, 426-431.
Christ, G., & Siegel, K. (1990). Monitoring quality of life needs of cancer patients. Cancer, 65, 760-765.
Siegel, K., Mesagno, F., & Christ, G. (1990). Parent guidance prevention program for bereaved children. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 60, 168-175.
Siegel, K., Raveis, B., Bettes, B., Mesagno, F., Christ, G., & Weinstein, L. (1990). Perceptions of parental competence while facing the death of a spouse. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 60, 567-576.
Siegel, K., Mesagno, F., Chen, J., & Christ, G. (1989). Factors distinguishing homosexual males practicing risky and safe sex. Social Science and Medicine, 28, 561-569.
Christ, G. (1988). Psychosocial issues for patients with AIDS-related cancers. Recent Results in Cancer Research, 112, 84-92.
Siegel, K., Bauman, L., Christ, G., & Krown, S. (1988). Patterns of change in sexual behavior among gay men in New York City. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 17, 481-497.
Siegel, K., Mesagno, F., Chen, J., Christ, G., et al. (1988). Computerized telephone assessment of the “concrete” needs of chemotherapy outpatients: A feasibility study. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 6, 1760-1767.
Moynihan, R., Christ, G., & Gallo-Silver, L. (1988). AIDS and terminal illness. Social Casework, 68, 380-387.
Christ, G. (1987). Social consequences of the cancer experience. American Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 9, 84-88.
Christ, G., Wiener, L., & Moynihan, R. (1986). Psychosocial issues in AIDS. Psychiatric Annals, 16, 173-179. See, also, R. P. Galia, B. F. Lewis, & L.A. Baker (Eds.), (1988). AIDS and IV Drug Abusers: Current Perspectives (pp. 111-122). National Health Publishing.
Christ, G. (1983). A psychosocial assessment framework for cancer patients and their families. Health and Social Work, 8, 57-64.
Kutsanellou-Meyer, M., & Christ, G. (1978). Factors affecting coping of adolescents and infants on a reverse isolation unit. Social Work in Health Care, 4, 125-137.
Book Chapters
Christ, G. Providing a home-based therapeutic program for widows and children. (2006). In P. Green, D. Kane, G. Christ, S. Lynch, M. Corrigan (Eds), FDNY Crisis Counseling: Innovative Responses to 9/11 Firefighters, Families, and Communities. New York: Wiley Publishing.(pp. 180-211).
Christ, G. Interventions with bereaved children and their parents. (2005). In P. Firth, L. Gill, & D. Oliviere (Eds.), Loss, Change, and Bereavement in Palliative Care (p.96-118). London: International University Press.
Christ, G. (2005). Foreword. In B. Monroe & F. Kraus (Eds.), Brief Interventions With Bereaved Children (p.v-vii). London: Oxford University Press.
Christ, G., Boananno, G., & Rubin, R. (2003). Bereavement experiences after the death of a child. In When Children Die: Improving Palliative and End-of-Life Care in America (pp.553-579). Washington, DC: American Academy of Sciences Press.
Christ, G., Sormanti, M. & Oppenheim, S. (2001). Brief treatment of clients with chronic medical conditions. In B. Dane (Ed.), Doing More With Less: Using Long-term Skills in Short-term Treatment (pp.307-343). New Jersey: Jason Aronson Inc.
Christ, G., Sormanti, M., & Forcoeur, R. (2001). Chronic illness and disability. In A. Gitterman (Ed.), Handbook of Social Work Practice with Vulnerable and Resilient Populations
(pp. 124-162). New York: Columbia University Press.
Christ, G., & Black, R. B. (1998). Concluding observations on outcomes measurements in health social work services. In E. Mullen & J. Magnabosco (Eds.), Outcomes Measurement in the Human Services (pp. 340-342). Washington, DC.: NASW Press
Christ, G., & Siegel, K. (1995). Bridging the gap between practitioners and researchers in a hospital based social work department. In E. Mullen & P. Hess (Eds.), Practitioner-Researcher Partnerships: Building Knowledge from, in, and for Practice (pp.106-226). Washington, DC: NASW Press.
Christ, G., Moynihan, R., Loscalzo, M., & Weinstein, L. (1993). Providing community resources for cancer patients. In V. DeVita, S. Hellman, & S. Rosenberg (Eds.), Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology (4th ed., Vol. 2, pp. 2513-2524). Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott.
Christ, G. (1993). Psychosocial tasks throughout the cancer experience. In N. Stearns, J. Herman, M. Lauria, & P. Fogelberg (Eds.), Oncology Social Work: A Clinician’s Guide (pp. 79-99). Atlanta, GA: American Cancer Society.
Christ, G., Bowles, M., Kleban, R., & Parsonnet, L. (1991). Educational and support programs for breast cancer patients and their families. In J. Harris, S. Hellman, D. Henderson, & D. Kinne (Eds.), Breast Diseases (pp. 866-887). Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott.
Christ, G., Moynihan, R., & Gallo-Silver, L. (1991). Human immunodeficiency virus and crisis intervention. In A. Roberts (Ed,), Contemporary Perspectives on Crisis Intervention and Prevention (pp. 70-82). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
Christ, G. (1991). Principles of oncology social work. In A. Holleb, D. Fink, & G. Murphy (Eds.), American Cancer Society Textbook of Clinical Oncology (pp. 594-605). Atlanta, GA: American Cancer Society.
Siegel, K., & Christ, G. (1990). Hodgkin’s disease survivorship: Psychosocial consequences. In M. J. Lacher & J. R. Redman (Eds.), Hodgkin’s Disease: The Consequences of Survival (pp. 383-399). Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger.
Christ, G. (1989). Social work in oncology. In J. Holland & J. Rowland (Eds.), Handbook of Psychooncology: Psychological Care of the Patient With Cancer (pp. 670-677). New York: Oxford University Press.
Christ, G., Klein, L., Loscalzo, M., & Weinstein, L. (1989). Community resources for cancer patients. In V. DeVita, S. Hellman, & S. Rosenberg (Eds.), Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology (3rd ed., Vol. 2, pp. 2225-2237). Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott.
Christ, G., Siegel, K., & Moynihan, R. (1989). Psychosocial issues: Prevention and treatment. In V. DeVita, S. Hellman, & S. Rosenberg (Eds.), AIDS: Etiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention (2nd ed, pp. 321-338).). Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott.
Conkling, V., Christ, G., & Fobair, P. (1987). The role of the social workers in cancer care. In R. McKenna & G. Murphy (Eds.), Fundamentals of Surgical Oncology ( pp. 357-368). New York: MacMillan.
Christ, G., Bowles, M., & Bauman L. (1987). Educational and support groups for patients with breast cancer and their families. In J. Harris, S. Hellman, D. Henderson, & D. Kinne (Eds.), Breast Disease (pp. 568-575). Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott.
Moynihan, R., & Christ, G. (1987). Social, psychological and research barriers to the treatment of AIDS. In C. Leukefeld & M. Fimbres (Eds.), Responding to AIDS: Psychosocial Initiatives (pp. 80-94). Silver Spring, MD: NASW Press.
Christ, G. (1985). Psychosocial Issues for AIDS Patients. In V. DeVita, S. Hellman, & S. Rosenberg (Eds.), AIDS (pp. 473-482). Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott.
Adams-Greenly, M., Moynihan, R., Christ, G., & Slivka, H. (1985). Helping the children when a parent is dying. In J. A. Billings (Ed.), Outpatient Management of Advanced Cancer ( pp, 269-281). Philadelphia: Lippincott.
Christ, G., & Adams, M. (1984). Therapeutic strategies at psychosocial crisis points in the treatment of childhood cancer. In A. Christ & K. Flomenhaft (Eds.), Childhood Cancer: Impact on the Family ( pp. 109-128). New York: Plenum Press.
Christ, G. (1982). Dis-synchrony of coping among children with cancer, their families, and the treating of childhood cancer. In: A. Christ & K. Flomenhaft (Eds.), Psychosocial Family Interventions in Chronic Pediatric Illness (pp. 85-96). New York: Plenum Press.
Articles in Conference Proceedings
Christ, G., Adams-Greenly, M. & Moynihan, R. (1988). Children whose parents have cancer: An intervention model. In Current Concepts in Psycho-oncology (pp. 59-66). New York: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
Christ, G. (1984). State of the art in oncology social work. In Proceedings of the American Cancer Society National Conference on Oncology Social Work (pp. 11-25). New York, March 13-14.
Christ, G. (1984). Support networks. In Proceedings of the American Cancer Society Conference on Human Values and Cancer (pp. 59-63). New York, March 15-17.
Christ, G. (1982). The use of groups in the psychosocial care of cancer patients. In Proceedings of the Conference on Current Concepts in Psychosocial Oncology (pp. 123-125). New York, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, October 7-9.
Book Reviews
Christ, G. (1999). Book Review, Creative Social Work in Health Care: Clients, the Community and Your Organization, edited by H. Rehr, G. Rosenberg, & S. Blumenfield. Social Work in Health Care, 30(1), 97-100
Christ, G. (1996). Book Review, To Avert One’s Eyes. . . . , on Armfuls of time:The Psychological Experience of the Child with a Life-Threatening Illness. by Barbara Sourkes Readings, 11(3), 8-12.