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A Case for Including Lawyers on the Care Team


Robert Pettignano


Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

Sylvia Caley


Georgia State University College of Law

Lisa Bliss


Georgia State University - College of Law

2011

Physician Executive Journal, pp. 34-38, March-April 2011
Georgia State University College of Law, Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2011-30

Abstract:     
The Health Law Partnership (HeLP), is a medical legal partnership that is an innovative partnership and community collaboration between medical and legal professionals to address the social, environmental, and economic factors that adversely impact health. HeLP provides free legal services to vulnerable populations, professional education to health care providers, interdisciplinary education to law students and medical students, and systemic advocacy to address the socio-economic issues requiring regulatory or legislative attention.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 7

Keywords: health, healthcare, patient care, legal-medical partnerships, health law, clinical legal education, clinics

JEL Classification: I10, I19, K00, K32, K40

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Date posted: December 1, 2011  

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Pettignano, Robert, Caley, Sylvia and Bliss, Lisa, A Case for Including Lawyers on the Care Team (2011). Physician Executive Journal, pp. 34-38, March-April 2011; Georgia State University College of Law, Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2011-30. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1966244

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Robert Pettignano (Contact Author)
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta ( email )
Atlanta, GA
United States
Sylvia Caley
Georgia State University College of Law ( email )
P.O. Box 4037
Atlanta, GA 30302-4037
United States
Lisa Bliss
Georgia State University - College of Law ( email )
P.O. Box 4037
Atlanta, GA 30302-4037
United States
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