Where Legal Services Fit within a Healthcare Organization’s Response to SDOH

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Written By NCMLP

Description

This infographic explains the difference between “social determinants of health,” “social needs,” and “legal needs.” It also demonstrates how different team members—community health workers, case managers / social workers, and lawyers—each help address patients’ social needs in different ways and where medical-legal partnership fits within a healthcare organization’s larger response to social determinants of health (SDOH). This infographic can be a helpful messaging and educational tool.

 

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Author

  • National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership

NCMLP

ncmlp@gwu.edu

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