Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Textbook: Essentials of Health Justice

Essentials of Health Justice: A Primer examines the legal, structural, and justice issues underlying health disparities and other types of health inequities. The authors assess the adequacy of current safety net programs and legal protections affecting the health of vulnerable populations, and look at concrete strategies for bringing about change to promote health justice. In an academic context, this new text introduces structural determinants of health and health justice in undergraduate and graduate law, public health, medical, nursing, and other health professions courses....Read More

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Brief: How health and legal orgs can share information within privacy framework

Report addresses challenges in and possibilities for legally and ethically sharing patient-client information between health care and legal partner organizations within the framework of existing privacy laws....Read More

Monday, December 19, 2016

Brief: Screening for health-harming legal needs

This brief examines how 13 hospitals and health centers screen their patients for health-harming legal needs. It describes who gets screened and how, the way screening information is recorded and shared with legal partners, and lessons learned....Read More

Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Guide: Collecting health data in LegalServer case management system

This guide outlines how to configure LegalServer, a case management system used by many civil legal aid organizations, with fields to collect important health-related data that can help communicate the value of legal services to health care....Read More