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How
to Refer a Patient
Staff
at our medical partner sites can refer a patient
for legal assessment in one of three ways:
Email
PAI with the client’s contact information:
OR
Leave
a referral card in the drop-box (Ypsilanti Health
Center only)
*
If PAI does not contact you within 24 hours, please
call PAI to confirm receipt of the referral: (734)
615-2450 x3.
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Curbside
Consults
PAI
can provide general legal information directly
to health care providers on questions relating
to families’ basic legal needs, like housing,
public benefits, family, special education, and
immigration.
This
advice is for general information only, and should
not be considered individualized legal advice.
If specific legal advice is needed, please
refer the family directly to PAI.
PAI
is not available to provide advice or information
relating to medical
malpractice, Child Protective Services (CPS) or
other legal issues having
to do with patient care. For such issues, please
contact the legal
counsel for your health center or hospital.
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Training
and Workshops
PAI
is available to conduct trainings for doctors, patient-families,
and community organizations on topics such as: public
benefits, housing, special education, disability
rights, employment, family law, domestic violence,
and immigration to name a few.
These
presentations provide an overview of essential legal
topics as
well as an opportunity to develop advocacy skills,
such as asking screening
questions, or writing a letter to a government agency
or landlord
on a patient’s behalf.
Please
contact us if you are interested in scheduling a
workshop: (734)
615-2450.
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Screening
Questions
Here
are examples of five screening questions that
have proven effective in identifying barriers
when taking a patient’s social history:
1.
How are you making ends meet?
2.
Do you have enough food to eat?
3.
Are you worried about safety for you or
your child?
4.
Where are you living?
5.
How is the environment in your home?
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