Director and Founder of LegalHealth, a division of the New York Legal Assistance Group, and Founder of The National Cancer Legal Services Network.
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Randye Retkin, Esq., is the Director and Founder of LegalHealth, a division of the New York Legal Assistance Group. She has been developing and running legal programs that serve low-income individuals for over 25 years. LegalHealth provides free legal services to individuals with chronic and serious illnesses through partnerships with hospitals and community groups.
In addition to providing free legal services, LegalHealth offers an innovative legal education curriculum to doctors, social workers, and other health care professionals. LegalHealth provides legal services at 25 hospital sites across New York City and Long Island, and is the largest Medical-Legal Partnership in the country.
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Blog PostWhen an Attorney Is the Best Medicine
Randye Ratkin, Beth BreslinHuffington Post
August 14, 2015
Combatting cancer is rarely a health issue only. Many patients deal with legal issues which need a lawyer to resolve.
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