Barbara G. Cox wrote Living With Lung Cancer: A Guide for Patients and Their Families, co-authored with David T. Carr, M.D., Eloise Harmon, M.D., and Robert E. Lee. The book provides information about diagnostic tests, treatment and side effects, nutrition, emotional aspects, and financial issues; it explores questions obtained from talking with patients and their spouses. Barbara Cox was the editor for Hispanic Americans Periodical Index in 1975 and 1976.