Sage William M, Warren Keegan D
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, FORT WORTH, TX, USA.
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, FORT WORTH, TX, USA.
J Law Med Ethics. 2023;51(4):786-797. doi: 10.1017/jme.2023.163. Epub 2024 Mar 13.
Medical-legal partnership (MLP) embeds attorneys and paralegals into care delivery to help clinicians address root causes of health inequities. Notwithstanding decades of favorable outcomes, MLP is not as well-known as might be expected. In this essay, the authors explore ways in which strategic alignment of legal services with healthcare services in terms of professionalism, information collection and sharing, and financing might help the MLP movement become a more widespread, sustainable model for holistic care delivery.
医疗法律合作(MLP)将律师和律师助理融入医疗服务中,以帮助临床医生解决健康不平等的根本原因。尽管几十年来取得了良好的成果,但MLP并没有达到预期的知名度。在本文中,作者探讨了在专业精神、信息收集与共享以及融资方面,法律服务与医疗服务的战略协调如何有助于MLP运动成为一种更广泛、可持续的整体医疗服务模式。