Academic Articles

Academic Articles

This page includes journal articles on the medical-legal partnership model and social determinants of health.  To read news articles featuring the mlp model, the National Center or the MLP Network, please visit the News page.

2010

Medical-Legal Partnership | Philadelphia: Meeting Basic Needs and Reducing Health Disparities by Integrating Legal Services into the Healthcare Setting.  Philadelphia Social Innovations Journal.   Spring 2010; 3.   Ellen Lawton, Ben-Beck Coon and Abby Fung.

Multidisciplinary Representation of Patients: The Potential for Ethical Issues and Professional Duty Conflicts in the Medical-Legal Partnership Model.  Journal of Health Care Law and Policy.  2010; 13(107).  Marcia M. Boumil, Debbie F. Freitas, Cristina F. Freitas.

Pilot Study of Medical-Legal Partnership to Address Social and Legal Needs of Patients.  Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved.  2010; 21: 157-168.  Dana Weintraub, et. al.

Medical-Legal Partnerships: Addressing the Needs of Health Center Patients. Geiger/Gibson RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative. George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services. Policy Reseach Brief No. 18. Washington, DC: May 2010. Peter Shin, PhD, MPH, et. al.

Medical Legal Partnerships: A Key Strategy for Addressing Social Determinants of Health.  Journal of General Internal Medicine.  2010; 25(Supp 2): 200-201.  Heather A. McCabe, JD, MSW and Eleanor D. Kinney, JD, MPH.

Evidence-Based Health Care for Children: What Are We Missing? Issue Brief. Commonwealth Fund. April 2010; 1395(85). Robert Sege, MD, PhD and Edward De Vos, EdD.

Turning Doctors into Leaders.  Harvard Business Review.  April 2010: 50-58.  Thomas H. Lee, MD.

Wellness Program:  Medical-Legal Partnerships Pinpoint the Legal Causes of Patient Ills.  ABA Journal.  April 2010: 64.  Rhonda McMillion.

Medical-Legal Partnership: Collaborating with Lawyers to Identify and Address Health Disparities.  Journal of General Internal Medicine.  2010; 25(Suppl 2):136–9.  Ellen Cohen, MD, Danya Fortess Fullerton, Randye Retkin, JD, Dana Weintraub, MD, Pamela Tames, Julie Brandfield, JD, and Megan Sandel, MD, MPH.

Poverty Grown Up: How Childhood Socioeconomic Status Impacts Adult Health.  Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics.  February/March 2010; 31(2): 154-160.  Kathleen Conroy MD, Megan Sandel MD, MPH, Barry Zuckerman, MD

Changing pO2licy: The Elements for Improving Childhood Asthma Outcomes. The George Washington University, School of Public Health and Health Services, Department of Health Policy. Washington, DC: Februrary 2010.  Anne Rossier Markus, JD, PhD, MHS, Meagan Lyon, MPH, CHES, Sara Rosenbaum, JD.

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.

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

2009

Medical-Legal Partnerships:  Addressing Competency Needs Through Lawyers.  Journal of Graduate Medical Education.  December 2009; 1(2).  304-309.  Edward Paul, MD, Danya Fortess Fullerton, BA, Ellen Cohen, MD, Ellen Lawton, JD. Anne Ryan, JD and Megan Sandel, MD, MPH.

Medicaid and National Health Care Reform.  New England Journal of Medicine.  November 2009; 361(21): 2009-2012.  Sara Rosenbaum, JD.

Payment Reform for Safety-Net Institutions – Improving Quality and Outcomes. New England Journal of Medicine. November 2009; 361(19): 1821-1823. C. Jason Wang, M.D., Ph.D., Kathleen N. Conroy, M.D., and Barry Zuckerman, M.D.

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.

Medical-Legal Partnerships: A Key Strategy for Mitigating the Negative Health Impacts of the Recession. The Health Lawyer. October 2009; 22(1): 29-34. Randye Retkin, Julie Brandfield and Margo Hoppin.

Estimating the Risk of Food Stamp Use and Impoverishment During Childhood.  Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.  2009; 163(11): 994-999.  Mark R. Rank, PhD and Thomas A. Hirschl, PhD.

Teaching Health Policy to Residents—Three-Year Experience with a Multi-Specialty Curriculum.  Journal of General Internal Medicine.  October 28. 2009.  S. Ryan Greysen, MD, et. al.

Advancing the Integrated Practice of Preventive Law and Preventive Medicine.  Samantha Morton, Thomas Barton and Jack Maypole.  Preventive Law and Problem Solving: Lawyering for the Future.  Lake Mary, FL: Vandeplas Publishing, 2009.  Ed. Thomas Barton.

Medical-Legal Partnerships: A New Beginning to Help Australian Children in Need. Journal of Law and Medicine.  August 2009; 17(1): 105-118. Fiona Hum and Jennifer Faulkner.

Process and Impact Evaluation of a Legal Assistance and Health Care Community Partnership. Health Promotions Practice. July 2009; 10(3): 378-385. James Teufel, MPH, Stephen Brown, PhD, Woody Thorne, BS, Diane Goffinet, JD and Latesha Clemons, BSW.

Beacon of Hope for Immigrants: Medical-Legal Partnership. Social Work Today. July/August 2009; 9(4): 38-39. Julia C. Yacobucci, LICW and Megan Sprecher, JD.

Material Hardship and the Physical Health of School-Aged Children in Low-Income Households. American Journal of Public Health. May 2009; 99(5): 829-836. Joan P. Yoo, PhD, MSSW, et. al.

Social Determinants:  Taking the Social Context of Asthma Seriously.  Pediatrics.  March 2009; 123(3):  S174-S184.  David R. Williams, et. al.

When Clinicians Lead. The McKinsey Quarterly. February 2009. James Mountford and Caroline Webb.

Housing Health and Happiness. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy. February 2009; 1(1): 75-105. Matias D. Cattaneo, et. al.

Screening for Basic Social Needs at a Medical Home for Low-Income Children. Clinical Pediatrics. January 2009; 48(1): 32-36.  Arvin Garg, MD, MPH, et. al.

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2008

Public Health Legal Services: A New Vision. Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law & Policy. Fall 2008; XV(3): 729-779.   Schulman D, Lawton E, Tremblay P, Retkin R, Sandel M.

Moving Upstream: How Interventions That Address the Social Determinant of Health Can Improve Health and Reduce Disparities.  Journal of Public Health Management Practices.  November 2008; 14(6) Supplement: S8-S17.  David R. Williams, et. al.

Medical-Legal Partnerships: Transforming Healthcare.  The Lancet.  8 November 2008; 372(9650): 1615-1617. Zuckerman, B, Sandel, M, Lawton, E, Morton, S.

Allies not Adversaries.  Teaching Collaboration to the Next Generation of Doctors and Lawyers to Address Social Inequality.  Journal of Health Care Law & Policy.  September 2008; 11: 249-294.  Elizabeth Tobin Tyler.

So Much To Do, So Little Time: Care for the Socially Disadvantaged and the 15-minute Visit.  Archives of Internal Medicine.  September 2008; 168(17): 1843-1852.  Kevin Piscella, MD, MPH, Ronald Epstein, MD.

Development of a Brief Questionnaire to Identify Families in Need of Legal Advocacy to Improve Child Health.  Ambulatory Pediatrics: 8(4). July-August 2008.  David Keller, MD; Nathan Jones, MD; Judith A. Savageau, MPH; Suzanne B. Cashman, ScD.

Racial/Ethnic Differences in Asthma Prevalence: The Role of Housing and Neighborhood Environments.  Journal of Health and Social Behavior.  June 2008; 49: 131-145.  Emily Rosenbaum.

Disparities in Health, Disparities in Law: The Global Potential of Individual Advocacy.  Ellen Lawton, Robyn Riseberg, Gavriela Bogin-Farber, Rachael Knight, Jonathan Cohen and Lauren Smith.   Health Capital and Sustainable Socioeconomic Development.  New York: CRC Press, 2008.  419-439.  Ed. Patricia A. Cholewka and Mitra M. Motlagh.

The Law School Clinic as a Partner in Medical-Legal Partnership.  Tennessee Law Review.  2008; 75: 305-313.  Jane Wettach.

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2007

The Nurse’s Duty to Report Child Abuse Versus the Attorney’s Duty of Confidentiality: The Nurse Attorney’s Dilemma.  Journal of Nursing Law, 1(1).  2007.  Kathleen M. Kearney, RN, MSN, JD.

Partnering Providers and Advocates for Child Wellness and Family Stability.  Clinician Quarterly.  Fall 2007; 11(4): 4-5.  Anne E. Gillespie, JD and Betsy Groves, LICSW.

Lawyers and Doctors Working Together: A Formidable Team.  The Health Lawyer. October 2007; 20 (1): 33-36.  Randye Retkin, Esq., Julie Brandfield, Esq., Ellen Lawton, Esq., Barry Zuckerman, MD and Deanna DeFrancesco.

Revisiting the Social History for Child Health.   Pediatrics.  September 2007; 120: e734-e738.   Chén Kenyon, Megan Sandel, Michael Silverstein, Alefiya Shakir and Barry Zuckerman.

Families’ Health Related Social Problems and Missed Referral Opportunities.  Pediatrics.  2007; 119; e1332-e1341.  Eric Fleegler, et. al.

The Asthma Crisis in Low-Income Communities of Color: Using the Law as a Tool for Promoting Public Health.  New York University Review of Law and Social Change.  2007.  Alina Das.

The Economic Impact of Substandard Housing Conditions Among North Carolina Children. Chenoweth & Associates, Inc.  May 2007.  David Chenoweth, PhD.

Professional Ethics in Interdisciplinary Collaboratives: Zeal, Paternalism and Mandated Reporting.  Clinical Law Review.  Spring 2007; 13: 659.  Alexis Anderson, Lynn Barenberg, Paul R. Tremblay.

Medical-Legal Partnerships: From Surgery to Prevention?   Management Information Exchange Journal.   Spring 2007; 1-7.   Ellen Lawton.

From Principle to Practice: moving from human rights to legal rights to ensure child health. Arch Dis Child.   2007, 91; 100-101.   B Zuckerman, E Lawton & S Morton.

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2005 - 2006

Partners in Outreach and Advocacy: Interdisciplinary Opportunities in University-Based Legal Clinics.  Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement.  2006; 11(4): 163-174.  Katherine C. Pearson, Lucy Johnston-Walsh.

Rx for Tenants.  Shelterforce.  Fall 2006:28.  D Holtzman.

The Attorney As the Newest Member of the Cancer Treatment Team.  Journal of Clinical Oncology.  2006; 13: 2123-2126.  SB Fleishman, R Retkin, J Brandfield & V Braun.

Advocacy is Not a Specialty.  Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine.  2005; 159:892.  AB Bergman.

It Takes Lawyers to Deliver Health Care.  American Journal of Public Health.  2005; 95: 245 - 249.   ME Northridge.

Immigration 101 for the Pediatric Practice. Contemporary Pediatrics.  2005; 4:34-46. S Morton & M Sandel.

Lawyers and Doctors Partner for Healthy Housing.  Clearinghouse Review Journal of Poverty Law and Policy.  2005; 3.   M Cherayil, D Oliveira, M Sandel & E Tohn.

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2002-2004

Why Pediatricians Need Lawyers to Keep Children Healthy.  Pediatrics.  2004; 114 (1):224-228.  B Zuckerman, M Sandel, L Smith & E Lawton.

The Effects of Housing Interventions on Child Health.  Pediatric Annals.  July 2004; 33(7): 474-81.  Sandel M, Phelan K, Wright R, Hynes HP, Lanphear BP.

The Lawyer is In: Why Some Doctors are Prescribing Legal Remedies for Their Patients, and How the Legal Profession Can Support This Effort.   Boston University Public Interest Law Journal.  Spring/Summer 2003.  P Tames, P Tremblay, T Wagner, E Lawton & L Smith.

The Family Advocacy Program: A Medical-Legal Collaborative to Promote Child Health and Development.  Management Information Exchange Journal.  Summer 2003.   E Lawton.

Knowledge of Welfare Reform Program Provisions Among Families of Children with Chronic Conditions.   American Journal of Public Health.  2002; 92 (2):228-230.  LA Smith, PH Wise, NS Wampler.

Welfare Reform and the Health of Young Children.  Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.  July 2002.  J Cook, et al.

Employment Barriers Among Welfare Recipients and Applicants with Chronically Ill Children.   American Journal of Public Health.  2002; 92 (9): 1453-1457.   LA Smith, D Romero, PR Wood, NS Wampler, W Chavkin & PH Wise.

Relationships Between Welfare Status, Health Insurance Status, and Health Care Among Children with Asthma.  American Journal of Public Health.  2002; 92 (9): 1446-1452.  PR Wood, LA Smith, D Romero, P Bradshaw, PH Wise & W Chavkin.

Welfare, Women, and Families: Implications for Clinicians.  Journal of the American Medical Women’s Association.  Winter 2002.  LA Smith.

The Association of Childhood Asthma with Parental Employment and Welfare Receipt. Journal of the American Medical Women’s Association.   Winter 2002.   LA Smith, JL Hatcher & R Wertheimer.

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2001 and Before

Just What the Doctor Ordered: Hospital On-site Legal Services Programs Help Address Legal Ills of Children.  American Bar Association Journal.  October 2001.  MG Tebo.

How Substandard Housing Affects Children's Health.  Contemporary Pediatrics.  2000;10:134.  M Sandel & J Zotter.

Providing Legal Services to Vulnerable Populations Through a Clinic-Law Firm Collaboration.  American Journal of Public Health.  March 1997; 87(3):463-4.  Deinard AS, Martin A, Lindemann S, Haynes D.

Impact of Family Relocation on Children's Growth, Development, School Function, and Behavior.  The Journal of the American Medical Association, 270(11). September 15, 1993.  David Wood, MD, MPH, et. al.

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