Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Through real-life stories of individual clients and successful advocacy efforts, this article describes medical-legal partnerships' unique ability to improve community health, and examines ways in which working in health care settings can help the legal profession adopt more preventative practices....Read More
Friday, January 24, 2014
Using the medical-legal partnership at Bellevue Hospital Center’s Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry as a case study, this article examines the legal needs of low-income children living with mental illness. The author describes how legal services can advance care for mental and behavioral health issues....Read More
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Curriculum includes training modules on particular areas of patient need including housing, education, domestic violence and public benefits, and uses stories and role playing to demonstrate the impact of detection and appropriate services. ...Read More
Friday, August 9, 2013
During a 3-year period, health care providers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center's made 1,808 referrals to its MLP for legal services, Positive legal outcomes were achieved in 89 percent of referrals affecting nearly 6,000 cohabitating children and adults, and translating into nearly $200,000 in recovered back benefits for those individuals....Read More
