Interviews & Articles
A passionate advocate for palliative care and its many benefits, Robin has been interviewed on the topic and published in a number of respected clinical journals.
Interviews
Fairfield University Podcast (November 28, 2023). Interviewed by Dr. Richard Greenwald, Dean, School of
Arts & Sciences, and Dr. Patrick Kelley, Scholar in Residence.
Charter for Compassion, Zoom book interview with Christina Puchalski, MD, Global Read (July 19, 2023). Link: youtube.com/watch?v=zC2XVO1lZnM
HealthCetera, Catskills, WIOX Radio, Diana Mason, PhD, RN, FAAN (June 21, 2023). Link: healthmediapolicy.com/2023/06/30/palliative-care-for-mind-body-and-spirit
Courageous Parents Network, Boston, Spirituality’s Role in Palliative Care, video interview with President Blyth Lord (April 12, 2023). Link: youtube.com/watch?v=mENpbLRIKDw
WGCH-AM, Greenwich, CT Understanding Palliative Care (May 2023). Link: youtube.com/watch?v=7-5ntcW95vI
National Library of Patient Rights & Advocacy, Appreciating Palliative Care – An Interview with Robin Bennett Kanarek,(June 30, 2023). Link: youtube.com/watch?v=XgDGMGnNMOA
Jewish Broadcasting Services (JBS) New York, NY (May 22, 2019). Transcending Loss. How a family copes with the
loss of their teenage son, David, to cancer and why palliative care is essential for patients of all ages who are suffering
from a serious illness.
Carolyn Jones Productions, New York, NY:
Dying in America:Nurses Leading the Conversation. DyingInAmerica.org, (2015).
Publications
Kanarek, RB (September 2023). Steps Parents Can Take To Advocate for Their Child. Pediatric Palliative Care Coalition Newsletter. Link: mailchi.mp/ppcc-pa/ppcc-newsletter-september-2023-advocating-for-your-child
Kanarek, RB (April 12, 2023). Mother of a Cancer Victim Authors a Guide to Palliative Care. The Connecticut Hospice. Link: hospice.com/mother-of-a-cancer-victim-authors-a-guide-to-palliative-care
Kanarek, RB, (November 28, 2022). “Aha” moment: Discovering the hidden experience of spiritual distress in illness.
Gold Foundation blog.
Kanarek, RB, (July 2020). Spiritual distress manifested by a teenager following a stem cell transplant.
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management.
Kanarek, RB, (August 25, 2019). A nurse comes face to face with her son’s serious illness. KevinMD blog.
Kanarek, RB (Spring/Summer issue, 2019). How to navigate through a health care crisis. Seniors BlueBook: Southern Connecticut.
O’Shea, ER, Kanarek RB, Kazer, MW, Kelley, PW, Thomas, Tomi (October 2017). Building nursing capacity for palliative care
at a Jesuit Catholic University: A model program. Christian Journal for Global Health. DOI:10.15566/cjgh.v4i3.192.
Kanarek, Robin Bennett (2017). Personal Reflection. Life-threatening illness and a mother’s emotional journey: Lessons in care. Journal of Palliative Medicine. Volume 20 Number 6, 2017: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. DOI:10.1089/jpm.2016.0566.
Kanarek, R.B. (2016). The after effects of a mother’s loss (Essay/Personal Reflections). Journal Palliative and Supportive Care.
1478-9515/16: Cambridge University Press.
O’Shea E.R. & Kanarek, R.B. (2013). Understanding pediatric palliative care: What it is and what it
should be. Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing, 30:34-44.
Kanarek, R.B. (2010). VIEWPOINT: Palliative care isn’t just for the dying. American Journal of Nursing,110:11.
Kanarek, R., & Riley, V. (2005). The parent’s perspective of teenage cancer. In T.O.B. Eden, R.D. Barr, A. Bleyer, M. Whiteson (Editors). Cancer and the Adolescent. Second Edition (Chapter 19, pp 214-227). Oxford, England: Blackwell Publishing.
Kanarek, R. (July 1998). Facing the challenges of childhood leukemia. American Journal of Nursing. 98(3):42-47.