Editorial: Public initiative links law and medicine

"Legal challenges often translate into health problems.

That is the premise of a new partnership that will launch publicly Saturday in north Sarasota.

The initiative, led by Sarasota Memorial Hospital’s new Internal Medicine Practice in Newtown and Legal Aid Manasota, is a welcome response to the deleterious effects of stressful conditions related to legal matters and barriers to health care that can often be eliminated by good counsel from an attorney.

The Internal Medicine Practice was created by SMH and the Florida State University College of Medicine. Health care in the historic African-American community will be provided by FSU medical-school residents enrolled in a three-year training program, with aid and oversight from local doctors..."

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