Past Events
Medical-Legal Partnerships: From the U.S. to Abroad
Location: OSI-New York
Event Date(s): April 5, 2007
Speaker(s): Ellen Lawton, Randye Retkin, Barry Zuckerman
Event Date(s): April 5, 2007
Speaker(s): Ellen Lawton, Randye Retkin, Barry Zuckerman
The Open Society Institute’s Law and Health Initiative and U.S. Programs presented a discussion on how lawyers and health care professionals can collaborate to improve health and bring justice to vulnerable people.
Speakers
- Ellen Lawton, JD, Executive Director, Medical-Legal Partnership for Children
- Randye Retkin, JD, Founder and Director, LegalHealth
- Barry Zuckerman, MD, Joel and Barbara Alpert Professor of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine; Chief of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center; Founder, Family Advocacy Program, Boston Medical Center; Founding Director, Medical-Legal Partnership for Children
The event was introduced by Nancy Youman, Acting Director, U.S. Programs, and moderated by Jonathan Cohen, Project Director, Law and Health Initiative.
