Striving for Health Equity through Medical, Public Health, and Legal Collaboration

This article discusses (1) the ways in which law functions as a determinant of health, (2) historical collaborations between the health and legal professions, (3) the benefits of creating medical-public health-legal collaborations, and (4) how viewing law through a collaborative, population health l...

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Published in:The Journal of law, medicine & ethics medicine & ethics, 2019-06, Vol.47 (2_suppl), p.104-107
Main Authors: Teitelbaum, Joel B., Theiss, Joanna, Boufides, Colleen Healy
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
AIDS
Attorneys
Collaboration
Disease control
Employment discrimination
Fairness
Food
Health care policy
Health disparities
Health Equity
Health insurance
Health Personnel
Health technology assessment
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus
Human rights
Humans
Intersectoral Collaboration
Law
Legal professions
Legal Services
Litigation
Low income groups
Medical personnel
Patients
Professions
Public health
Public Health - legislation & jurisprudence
Social Determinants of Health
Socioeconomic Factors
United States
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Summary:This article discusses (1) the ways in which law functions as a determinant of health, (2) historical collaborations between the health and legal professions, (3) the benefits of creating medical-public health-legal collaborations, and (4) how viewing law through a collaborative, population health lens can lead to health equity.
ISSN:1073-1105
1748-720X
DOI:10.1177/1073110519857330