Keep medicine with the care team
Diagnosis, treatment, prognosis, genetics and medical causation belong with qualified clinicians and authoritative medical sources.
For Physicians & Care Teams
The diagnosis may be clear long before the exposure history is
When a patient with mesothelioma asks where the disease may have come from or whether there may be legal resources, the clinical team does not need to investigate the historical work history. H&S can help the patient or family begin that separate inquiry.
Send the history question to us
A patient can begin with workplaces, jobs, approximate years, equipment, family work histories or another remembered detail. They do not need to identify an asbestos product first.
Let the patient initiate contact
The simplest path is to share this resource or the H&S contact information and allow the patient or family to contact the firm directly if they wish.
Protect patient information
Please do not send medical records or other patient information to H&S without the patient's authorization. The patient or family can decide what they want to share.
Useful Patient Starting Points
Younger age / no known exposure
Separates medical questions from historical exposure research without forcing an asbestos explanation.
Guided exposure reconstruction
A private, browser-only way to organize place, work, years, equipment, people and records.
New York workplace finder
Search current H&S workplace research by employer, town, trade, region or remembered detail.
Family & caregiver guide
Practical help with records, appointments, family roles and preserving memories while they are still available.
Authoritative Medical Sources
The National Cancer Institute identifies asbestos exposure as a major risk factor for mesothelioma and also notes that mesothelioma can occur in some people with no known risk factors. H&S uses medical authorities for medical propositions and keeps historical exposure investigation separate.
A simple sentence to give a patient
“If you want help looking into where exposure may have occurred or what legal questions may follow, Humpleby & Strauss has a research-based starting point and you can contact them directly.”