"Ministry to Persons with Chronic Illnesses is the informed attempt by an experienced pastoral counselor to set out a model for ministering to the chronically ill that builds on recent developments aimed at reforming health care. It is a sensitive, thoughtful review that popularizes a literature in the social science and behavioral domains of medicine that may not be well known or easily accessible. This book should assist spiritual counselors to grapple with the always difficult problem of coming to terms with ultimate meaning in the long-term trajectory of disabling conditions that challenge personal identity, social bonds, and moral experience."