MLPC Resident Reading List
Below are the articles MLPC recommends medical residents read as part of their training in medical-legal partnership.
Advocacy is Not a Specialty. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. 2005; 159:892. AB Bergman.
Fuel for Our Future: Impacts of Energy Insecurity on Children’s Health, Nutrition and Learning. Children’s Sentinel Nutrition Assessment Program. Boston: September 2007.
Heat or Eat: The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program and Nutritional and Health Risks Among Children Less Than 3 Years of Age. Pediatrics. 2006; 118(5): 1293-1302. D Frank, N Neault, A Skalicky, J Cook, J Wilson, S Levenson, A Meyers, T Heeren, D Cutts, P Casey, M Black, C Berkowitz.
Immigration 101 for the Pediatric Practice. Contemporary Pediatrics. 2005; 4:34-46. S Morton & M Sandel.
Lawyers and Doctors Partner for Healthy Housing. Clearinghouse Review Journal of Poverty Law and Policy. 2005; 3. M Cherayil, D Oliveira, M Sandel & E Tohn.
Revisiting the Social History for Child Health. Pediatrics. September 2007; 120: e734-e738. C Kenyon, M Sandel, M Silverstein, A Shakir and B Zuckerman.
Subsidized Housing and Children's Nutritional Status: Data from a Multisite Surveillance Study. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. 2005; 159: 551-556. A Meyers, D Cutts, D A. Frank, S Levenson, A Skalicky, J Cook, C Berkowitz, M Black, P Casey and N Zaldivar.
Welfare Reform and the Health of Young Children: A Sentinel Survey in Six US Cities. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. 2002; 156: 678-684. J Cook, D Frank, C Berkowitz, P Casey, D Cutts, A Meyers, N Zaldivar, A Skalicky, S Levenson, T Heeren.
Why Pediatricians Need Lawyers to Keep Children Healthy. Pediatrics. 2004; 114 (1):224-228. B Zuckerman, M Sandel, L Smith & E Lawton.