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

Source :: Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics. 2019 Supplement, Vol. 47, p104-107. 4p.
Publication Year :: 2019
Abstract: 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Subjects :: *HEALTH equity
*EQUALITY
*HEALTH & society
*PUBLIC health laws
*MEDICAID law
*MEDICARE laws
*POPULATION health
*PUBLIC health
*ANTI-discrimination laws
*LABOR laws
*PUBLIC housing -- Law & legislation
*INTERPROFESSIONAL relations
*FOOD security laws
*FEDERAL government
*HEALTH education
*HEALTH promotion
*GOVERNMENT policy
*HEALTH & social status
*LAW

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