Book chapters

N.A. Christakis, "“The Anthroposphere,” in J. Brockman, ed.," This Will Change Everything, New York: Harper, 2010, 233-236.

N.A. Christakis, "Inter-Spousal Mortality Effects: Caregiver Burden Across the Spectrum of Disabling Disease,” in D.M. Cutler and D.A Wise, eds.," Health at Older Ages: The Causes and Consequences of Declining Disability Among the Elderly, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009, 455-477.

N.A. Christakis, "“Evolution in Real Time,” in J. Brockman, ed.," What Have You Changed Your Mind About?, New York: Harper, 2009, 233-236.

N.A. Christakis, "“The Social Origins of Dignity in Medical Care at the End of Life,” in J. Malpas and N. Lickiss, eds.," Perspectives on Human Dignity: A Conversation, London: Springer, 2008, 199-207.

N.A. Christakis, "“Pronostic” in D. Lecourt, ed.," Dictionnaire de la Pensée Médicale, Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 2004, pp. 910-916.

P. Glare and N.A. Christakis, "“Predicting the Survival in Patients with Advanced Disease,” in D. Doyle, G. Hanks, N. Cherny, and K. Calman, eds.," Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine, 3rd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004, pp. 29-42.

N.A. Christakis, "“On the Sociological Anxiety of Physicians,” in C.M. Messikomer, J.P. Swazey, and A. Glicksman, eds.," Essays in Honor of Renee C. Fox: Society and Medicine, New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 2003, pp. 135-144.

E.B. Lamont and N.A. Christakis, "“Epidemiology and Prognostication in Advanced Disease,” in A. Berger, R.K. Portenoy, and D.E. Weissman, eds.," Principles and Practice of Palliative Care and Supportive Oncology, 2nd ed., Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2002, pp. 607-614.

N.A. Christakis, "“The Distinction Between Ethical Pluralism and Ethical Relativism: Implications for the Conduct of Transcultural Clinical Research,” in H.Y. Vanderpool, ed.," Research Ethics on Human Subjects: Facing the 21st Century, Frederick, MD: University Publishing Group, 1996, pp. 261-280. 

N.A. Christakis, "“Managing Death: The Growing Acceptance of Euthanasia in Contemporary American Society,” in R.P. Hamel and E.R. DuBose, eds.," Must We Suffer Our Way to Death? Cultural and Theological Perspectives on Death by Choice, Dallas, TX: Southern Methodist University Press, 1996, pp. 15-44.