Improving Quality of Life for Patients with Cancer and Legal Involvement: Integrating Medical-Legal Partnerships

1. Discuss the pivotal role of palliative care providers in advocating for cancer patients entangled in the criminal-legal system, recognizing the potential negative impacts of legal involvement on their overall well-being and health outcomes.2. Independently draft an advocacy letter describing the negative health impacts of incarceration on a patient's health, and describe the strengths of this patient, as a means to provide clinical context to a public defender, lawyer or judge involved in a patient's case.
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - Category: Palliative Care Authors: Source Type: research