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Review
. 2015 Oct;62(5):1263-71.
doi: 10.1016/j.pcl.2015.06.001. Epub 2015 Jul 16.

Legal Care as Part of Health Care: The Benefits of Medical-Legal Partnership

Johnna S Murphy  1 , Ellen M Lawton  2 , Megan Sandel  3
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Review

Legal Care as Part of Health Care: The Benefits of Medical-Legal Partnership

Johnna S Murphy et al. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2015 Oct.

Abstract

Many of the social determinants of health are rooted in legal problems. Medical-legal partnerships (MLPs) have the potential to positively change clinical systems. This change can be accomplished by integrating legal staff into health care clinics to educate staff and residents on social determinants of health and their legal origins. When the MLP team works directly with patients to identify and address legal needs that improve health outcomes, and incorporate legal insights and solutions into health care practice where the patient population is overwhelmingly impacted by social conditions, outcomes are beneficial to children and families.

Keywords: Clinics; Health; Legal needs; Medical-legal partnership; Social determinants.

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