Continuum of care for patients through medical-legal partnership: improving the transition from NICU stay to home.

IF 2.4 3区医学 Q2 OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY

Journal of Perinatology Pub Date : 2025-08-18 DOI:10.1038/s41372-025-02380-4

Christine C Pazandak, Shetal Shah, Susan Schoppa

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Abstract

Despite multidisciplinary team support, neonates with chronic conditions often have unmet social needs adversely impacting health. Medical-legal partnerships (MLP) integrate legal assistance in healthcare settings to address legal issues that deter optimal health outcomes. This commentary reviews the history of the medical-legal partnership model in the United States (US) and outlines the rationale for this model in the NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) setting to address health-harming legal needs.

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通过医疗-法律伙伴关系为患者提供连续的护理：改善从新生儿重症监护病房到家庭的过渡。

尽管有多学科团队的支持，患有慢性病的新生儿的社会需求往往得不到满足，对健康产生不利影响。医疗-法律伙伴关系（MLP）将法律援助整合到医疗环境中，以解决阻碍最佳健康结果的法律问题。本评论回顾了美国医疗-法律伙伴关系模式的历史，并概述了该模式在新生儿重症监护病房（NICU）环境中解决危害健康的法律需求的基本原理。

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来源期刊

Journal of Perinatology 医学-妇产科学

CiteScore

5.40

自引率

6.90%

发文量

284

审稿时长

3-8 weeks

期刊介绍： The Journal of Perinatology provides members of the perinatal/neonatal healthcare team with original information pertinent to improving maternal/fetal and neonatal care. We publish peer-reviewed clinical research articles, state-of-the art reviews, comments, quality improvement reports, and letters to the editor. Articles published in the Journal of Perinatology embrace the full scope of the specialty, including clinical, professional, political, administrative and educational aspects. The Journal also explores legal and ethical issues, neonatal technology and product development. The Journal’s audience includes all those that participate in perinatal/neonatal care, including, but not limited to neonatologists, perinatologists, perinatal epidemiologists, pediatricians and pediatric subspecialists, surgeons, neonatal and perinatal nurses, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, social workers, dieticians, speech and hearing experts, other allied health professionals, as well as subspecialists who participate in patient care including radiologists, laboratory medicine and pathologists.