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Attorney and director of the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University.
Tags: Health Care, Medical-Legal Partnerships
Links: Link to bio | (Current as of: October 13, 2014)
Washington Post
July 8, 2016
New research shows that vets are losing their homes and missing out on crucial benefits because they lack legal aid. Medical-legal partnerships and other civil legal-aid interventions for veterans show the promise of a holistic approach to veterans care.
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Huffington Post
December 2, 2015
The Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable will coordinate among federal programs that help the vulnerable and underserved, and advance relevant evidence-based research, data collection, and analysis of civil legal aid.
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Huffington Post
October 6, 2015
What if preventing injustice, not treating it, was the key to equitable communities?
Blog Post
Culture of Health Blog
July 8, 2015
Remedying health problems are often related to legal problems. New partnerships between civil legal aid and hospitals are forming across the country to break down social barriers.
Blog Post
Huffington Post
July 11, 2014
The Tucson Family Advocacy Program at the University of Arizona Family Medicine clinic is a successful example of a medical-legal partnership.
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Huffington Post
June 5, 2014
If we are going to ask health care to do more to prevent illness then we have to be honest about where poor health originates, and we have to give doctors and nurses tools and partners to treat the problems they identify.
Attorney and director of the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University.
Tags: Health Care, Medical-Legal Partnerships
Links: Link to bio | (Current as of: October 13, 2014)
Ellen Lawton, JD is a Lead Research Scientist for the Department of Health Policy in the Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University. She directs the University’s National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership. She is also the lead advisor for Walmart’s signature pro bono medical-legal partnership initiative. She is chair of the board of directors at Health Imperatives and a member of the board of directors of Community Resources for Justice.
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Op-EdOne reason so many veterans are homeless? They can’t afford lawyers.
Martha Bergmark, Ellen LawtonWashington Post
July 8, 2016
New research shows that vets are losing their homes and missing out on crucial benefits because they lack legal aid. Medical-legal partnerships and other civil legal-aid interventions for veterans show the promise of a holistic approach to veterans care.
Blog Post
Presidential Memorandum Draws Link Between Civil Legal Aid and Social Conditions of Health
Ellen LawtonHuffington Post
December 2, 2015
The Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable will coordinate among federal programs that help the vulnerable and underserved, and advance relevant evidence-based research, data collection, and analysis of civil legal aid.
Blog Post
Is Preventing Injustice Possible?
Ellen LawtonHuffington Post
October 6, 2015
What if preventing injustice, not treating it, was the key to equitable communities?
Blog Post
What’s Law Got to Do with It? How Medical-Legal Partnerships Reduce Barriers to Health
Ellen Lawton, Megan SandelCulture of Health Blog
July 8, 2015
Remedying health problems are often related to legal problems. New partnerships between civil legal aid and hospitals are forming across the country to break down social barriers.
Blog Post
A Visit to the Patients’ Lawyer Can Reduce Stress
Ellen Lawton, Anne M. Ryan, Randa M. KutobHuffington Post
July 11, 2014
The Tucson Family Advocacy Program at the University of Arizona Family Medicine clinic is a successful example of a medical-legal partnership.
Blog Post
We’re Asking Health Care to Fix Something It Didn’t Break
Ellen Lawton, Megan SandelHuffington Post
June 5, 2014
If we are going to ask health care to do more to prevent illness then we have to be honest about where poor health originates, and we have to give doctors and nurses tools and partners to treat the problems they identify.
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