Rural medical-legal partnership and advocacy: A three-year follow-up study

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 705-714

  Teufel, James A ^b   Werner, Danilea ^a   Goffinet, Diane ^c   Thorne, Woody ^d   Brown, Stephen L ^e   Gettinger, Lori ^f  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The OASIS Institute   (United States)

^c Attorney of Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation   (United States)

^d Community Affairs of Southern Illinois Healthcare ^*  (United States)

^e SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Medical Legal Partnership of Southern Illinois   (United States)

Author keywords

Advocacy; Health navigation; Medical legal partnerships; Rural; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COOPERATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

COMMUNITY NETWORKS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADVOCACY; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84860450214     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2012.0038     Document Type: Article

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