Medical-Legal Partnership: A Powerful Tool for Public Health and Health Justice

Public Health Rep. 2019 Mar/Apr;134(2):201-205. doi: 10.1177/0033354918824328. Epub 2019 Jan 15.

Authors

Elizabeth Tobin-Tyler^{1

2}, Joel B Teitelbaum³

Affiliations

¹ 1 Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
² 2 Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, USA.
³ 3 Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: health equity; medical-legal partnership; public health law; public health practice; structural determinants of health.

MeSH terms

Cooperative Behavior
Delivery of Health Care / organization & administration*
Health Services Accessibility / organization & administration
Health Status
Housing / organization & administration
Humans
Interinstitutional Relations*
Medication Adherence
Mental Health
Poverty / statistics & numerical data
Public Health / methods*
Social Work / organization & administration*
Stress, Psychological / prevention & control