Means, R., Richards, S. and Smith, R. (2008) Community care: policy and practice. 4th edition. Public Policy and Politics. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, pp328. ISBN 9780230006744

Richards, S., Donnovan, S., Victor, C. R. and Ross, F. (2007) Standing secure amidst a falling world? Practitioner understandings of old age in responses to a case vignette. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 21 (3). pp. 335-349. ISSN 1469-9567 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/13561820701289352

Campbell, S., Steiner, A., Robison, J., Webb, D., Raven, A., Richards, S. and Roland, M. (2005) Do Personal Medical Services contracts improve quality of care? A multi-method evaluation. Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, 10 (1). pp. 31-39. ISSN 1758-1060

Richards, S., Ruch, G. and Trevithick, P. (2005) Communication skills training for practice: the ethical dilemma for social work education. Social Work Education, 24 (4). pp. 409-422. ISSN 1470-1227 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02615470500096928

Trevithick, P., Richards, S., Ruch, G. and Moss, B., (2004) Teaching and learning communication skills in social work education. Knowledge Review. 6. Report. Social Care Institute for Excellence pp146.