News

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Lawmakers Consider Barring Heat Shutoffs for Homes with Infants.  Journal Inquirer.  February 24, 2010.  Christine McCluskey.

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Physician Advocacy: What is It and How Do We Do It? Academic Medicine. January 2010; 85(1): 63-67. Mark Earnest, MD, et. al.

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http://www.medical-legalpartnership.org/resources/academic-articles

Dr. Alsan Bellard, Medical Director of Children’s Health Centers of Southeast DC, and Judith Sandalow, Executive Director of Children’s Law Center, testified before the DC Council Committee on Housing and Workforce Development in support of the Tenant Access to Justice Reform Act.  Click here for the written and video testimony and for more information about the bill:  http://www.childrenslawcenter.org/News-Events/Testimony-Comments/Tenant-...

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Northeast Florida Medical-Legal Partnership to Expand Pro Bono Services. Daily Record. February 8, 2010. Kathy Para.

LINK:
http://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/showstory.php?Story_id=530221

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Legal Aid of Western Virginia, FamilyCare Announce Partnership. The Record. February 17, 2010. Chris Dickerson.

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http://www.wvrecord.com/news/224847-legal-aid-of-w.va.-familycare-announ...

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A Medical-Legal Partnership as a Component of a Palliative Care Model. Journal of Palliative Medicine. January 2010; 13(1): 15-18. Kerry J. Rodabaugh, Maureen Hammond, Dawn Myszka, Megan Sandel.

The Center for Children's Advocacy's Medical-Legal Partnership Project (MLPP) has appointed Sarah Schlegel, M.D. as the project's Medical Director.

The MLPP, a medical-legal collaborative that improves the health and welfare of low-income children and their families, provides legal assistance on site at hospitals and medical clinics serving greater Hartford's poorest neighborhoods.

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What Attracts Students to Interprofessional Education and Other Health Care Reform Initiatives?   Journal of Allied Health.  Fall 2009; 38(3): e-75-e-78. Steven J. Hoffman, et. al.


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http://www.medical-legalpartnership.org/sites/default/files/page/What%20...

The Parker Family Health Center in Red Bank, New Jersey, and Ocean-Monmouth Legal Services, Inc. have launched a new program to provide legal services to those who seek medical care at the Center.  This medical-legal partnership, named in honor of a former New Jersey State Supreme Court Justice and Red Bank Mayor, is called the Daniel J. O’Hern Legal Assistance and Medical Partnership (LAMP) program.