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Leeat Granek

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Primary Position
Associate Professor, York University, Faculty of Health, School of Health Policy and Management and Department of Psychology
Job Responsibilities
Research
Other
Other Job Responsibilities
Teaching and Service
Education/Training
Psychology
Short Synopsis of Professional Interests
I study the well-being of healthcare professionals and its impact on patient care; topics in psycho-oncology such as oncology HCPs ability to identify suicide risk in cancer patients, access to pediatric palliative care and decision making making in healthcare
Training Opportunities at Location
Yes
eMAIL
Leeatg@gmail.com
Keywords
Psychology of Health/Illness
Women’s Health
Psycho-oncology
HCP well-being
Grief, Mourning, Death & Dying
Publications of Interest

Laronne, A. Granek, L., Wiener, L., Feder-Bubis, P., Golan, H. (2022). "'Some things are even worse than telling a child he is going to die.' Pediatric Oncology Healthcare Providers Perspectives on Communicating with Children with Cancer About their Disease and End of Life". Pediatric Blood and Cancer. 2022 Mar;69(3):e29533.  doi: 10.1002/pbc.29533. Epub 2021 Dec 26. 

Laronne, A. Granek, L., Wiener, L., Feder-Bubis, P., Golan, H. (2021). Oncologists Conceptualizations of Pediatric Palliative Care: Challenges and Definitions. Supportive Care in Cancer., Jul;29(7):3981-3989  DOI: 10.1007/s00520-020-05959-z 

Laronne, A. Granek, L., Wiener, L., Feder-Bubis, P., Golan, H. (2021). Organizational and Individual Barriers and Facilitators to the Integration of Pediatric Palliative care for Children: A grounded theory study. Palliative Medicine, 35, 8, 1612-1624. https://doi.org/10.1177/02692163211026171

Granek L., Barrera M, Scheinemann K, Bartels U. (2016). Pediatric Oncologists' Coping Strategies for Dealing with Patient Death. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 34(1-2), 39-59. doi: 10.1080/07347332.2015.1127306

Granek L., Barrera M, Scheinemann K, Bartels U. (2015). When a child dies: Pediatric oncologist’s follow-up practices with families after a child dies. Psycho-Oncology. 12, 1626-1631 doi: 10.1002/pon.3770.