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Promoting Public Health through Clinical Legal Education: Initiatives in South Africa, Thailand, and Ukraine

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: The law can be a powerful tool in protecting public health. Studies reveal both the impact of human rights violations on health and the importance of interdisciplinary partnerships for the law to achieve its full potential and lead to justice. As one scholar describes, “Human rights are increasingly recognized as important to providing social conditions in which people can be healthy.” Additionally, as one law clinic instructor explains, “A multidisciplinary model can respond to the myriad needs of those who are poor or marginalized by their social, medical, or psychological circumstances.” Clinical legal education has a critical role to play in training advocates capable of working at the intersection of law and health.

Source: bepress Legal Repository

Authors: Tamar Ezer, Ludmylla Deshko, Nicola Gunn Clark, Enga Kameni, Bruce A. Lasky

Institutions: University of Miami, Vasyl' Stus Donetsk National University, American University, University of Pretoria, Chiang Mai University

Language: English

Topic: Legal Education and Practice Innovations

Subfield: Law

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: Open Society Institute

OpenAlex ID: W1582011712

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Cited by: 12

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