<p>Despite multidisciplinary team support, neonates with chronic conditions often have unmet social needs adversely impacting health. Medical-legal partnerships (MLP) integrate legal assistance in healthcare settings to address legal issues that deter optimal health outcomes. This commentary reviews the history of the medical-legal partnership model in the United States (US) and outlines the rationale for this model in the NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) setting to address health-harming legal needs.</p>

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Continuum of care for patients through medical-legal partnership: improving the transition from NICU stay to home

  • Christine C. Pazandak,
  • Shetal Shah,
  • Susan Schoppa

摘要

Despite multidisciplinary team support, neonates with chronic conditions often have unmet social needs adversely impacting health. Medical-legal partnerships (MLP) integrate legal assistance in healthcare settings to address legal issues that deter optimal health outcomes. This commentary reviews the history of the medical-legal partnership model in the United States (US) and outlines the rationale for this model in the NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) setting to address health-harming legal needs.