Legal Services: A Necessary Component of Patient Navigation

Seminars in Oncology Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 149-155

  Retkin, Randye ^a   Antoniadis, Domna ^a   Pepitone, Daniel F ^b   Duval, Deanna ^c  

^a New York Legal Assistance Group   (United States)

^b Attorney Manhattan Legal Services   (United States)

^c Callen Lorde Community Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers to care; Collaborative care; Continuum of care; Health disparities; Legal advocacy; Legal assistance; Medical legal partnership; Multidisciplinary team; Non medical needs; Psychosocial needs; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NURSING; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PATIENT CARE; POVERTY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PATIENT NAVIGATION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; POVERTY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877346309     PISSN: 07492081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soncn.2013.02.010     Document Type: Article

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