Clinicn Investigator, Assc Prf DOM PCGM Palliative Care MGPO, Mass General Research Institute

Associate Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine Harvard Medical School

Associate Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School

Physician Medicine-Palliative Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital

PhD 1991

MD Yale University School of Medicine 1992

analgesics opioid; end of life care; ethics medical; global hiv care; health services accessibility; hiv care; palliative care; personal autonomy; prejudice; social justice; social responsibility; terminal care; terminally ill; vietnam Dr. Krakauer is an internist and palliative medicine specialist on the Palliative Care Service at MGH where he also co-chairs the ethics consultation committee. At Harvard Medical School, he directs International Programs at the Center for Palliative Care and teaches in the Department of Global Health & Social Medicine. He currently is assisting major hospitals and cancer centers in Vietnam to integrate palliative care into comprehensive cancer, HIV, geriatric and primary care.