Mitchell L Kate, Chopp Debra
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO SCHOOL OF LAW, CHICAGO, IL, USA.
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW SCHOOL, ANN ARBOR, MI, USA.
J Law Med Ethics. 2023;51(4):810-816. doi: 10.1017/jme.2023.162. Epub 2024 Mar 13.
The upstream framework presented in public health and medicine considers health problems from a preventive perspective, seeking to understand and address the root causes of poor health. Medical-legal partnerships (MLPs) have demonstrated the value of this upstream framework in the practice of law and engage in upstream lawyering by utilizing systemic advocacy to address root causes of injustices and health inequities. This article explores upstreaming and its use by MLPs in reframing legal practice.
公共卫生和医学领域提出的上游框架从预防的角度看待健康问题，力求理解并解决健康状况不佳的根本原因。医疗-法律合作项目（MLPs）已在法律实践中证明了这一上游框架的价值，并通过运用系统性宣传来解决不公正和健康不平等的根本原因，从而开展上游法律业务。本文探讨了上游化及其在医疗-法律合作项目中用于重塑法律实践的情况。
