Muriel Gillick - The Caregiver’s Encyclopedia: A Compassionate Guide to Caring for Older Adults

Institute Professor Muriel Gillick is a physician specializing in geriatric and palliative care. Dr. Gillick’s ninth book, The Caregiver’s Encyclopedia: A Compassionate Guide to Caring for Older Adults, is now available from Johns Hopkins University Press. We spoke with Dr. Gillick to learn more about her motivation for writing the book, and why this topic is so timely.

Kurt Christensen

Kurt Christensen is an Assistant Professor of Population Medicine at the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute and Harvard Medical School whose research focuses on the medical, behavioral, and economic impact of integrating genetics into clinical care. His work has included some of the earliest studies about the benefits, risks, and costs of providing genomic testing to healthy populations.

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Residency Faculty/Staff

Amy N. Ship, MA, MD, FACP
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Program Director
Co-Facilitator, Psychosocial Medicine and Communication Skills ("Patient/Doctor")
Phone: (617)-543-3489
Email: Amy_Ship@AtriusHealth.org

Dr. Ship is career medical educator and primary care doctor whose joy it is to lead this program.  She teaches learners across the spectrum locally and nationally, with a focus on humanism, personal development, and communication skills.

Faculty & Staff

Faculty & Research Scientists

Marie-France Hiver, Director
Associate Professor		Kurt Christensen, Associate Director
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