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Designing and Developing a Medical-Legal Partnership to Address Cancer Patients' Health-Harming Legal Needs
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
|June 3, 2024
Summary
This project connects cancer patients with legal aid to address health-harming issues. It aims to improve well-being for marginalized communities through a medical-legal partnership.
Area of Science:
- Oncology
- Public Health
- Health Law
Background:
- Cancer patients face significant health-harming legal needs.
- Marginalized populations experience disproportionate cancer burdens.
- Access to legal services is crucial for comprehensive cancer care.
Purpose of the Study:
- To describe the establishment and model of the Cancer Legal Assistance and Well-being Project.
- To highlight the role of medical-legal partnerships in addressing social determinants of health for cancer patients.
- To improve health outcomes for underserved cancer patients by integrating legal aid into healthcare.
Main Methods:
- Established a medical-legal partnership between Georgetown University and a Washington, D.C. safety-net hospital.
- Collaborated with healthcare providers to identify and address patients' legal needs.
- Focused on serving historically and intentionally marginalized patient populations with cancer.
Main Results:
- Launched in 2020, the project provides critical legal assistance.
- Addresses legal issues that negatively impact cancer patients' health.
- Integrates legal support within a clinical cancer care setting.
Conclusions:
- Medical-legal partnerships can effectively address health-harming legal needs in cancer care.
- This model offers a pathway to improve well-being for vulnerable cancer patients.
- Integration of legal services into healthcare settings is vital for health equity.
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