Posts by Alexandra E. Shields, PhD
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Palliative Care in the Caribbean: Short Course Improves Self-assessed Competency
There is an immense shortage of palliative care services across the Caribbean. Massachusetts General Hospital faculty joined Caribbean palliative care leaders from the Jamaica Cancer Care Research Institute to provide a week-long training in palliative medicine to 83 clinicians from throughout the region.
Biography
Alexandra E. Shields, PhD, is an associate in Health Policy at Massachusetts General Hospital and director of the Harvard/MGH Center on Genomics, Vulnerable Populations, and Health Disparities. Dr. Shields is also an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.
Geriatrics & Palliative Care
The Division of Palliative Care & Geriatric Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital offers a wide range of clinical expertise including inpatient services, outpatient programs and home based programs.