Grassroots medicine : the story of America's free health clinics /

Grass Roots Medicine describes the emergence of free health clinics in the late 1960s and early 1970s and examines the important transformations that have occurred since the mid-1980s. The book is based on more than 100 interviews with key individuals in the free health clinic movement and shares th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Weiss, Gregory L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2005]
Temas:
Clinics.
Community health services.
Health facilities.
Hospitals.
Health services accessibility.
Medically uninsured persons.
Community Health Services
Community Health Centers
Health Services Accessibility
Medically Uninsured
Health Facilities
Équipements sanitaires.
Services de santé > Accessibilité.
Personnes non assurées (Assurance-maladie)
health facilities.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • An introduction to America's free health clinics
  • The emergence of free health clinics
  • The first transformation in free health clinics: an increased focus on the uninsured and working poor
  • The second transformation in free health clinics: the shift to the medical mainstream
  • The third transformation: the move to collective organization
  • Re-emergence of a national association
  • Free health clinic staff and volunteers
  • Patient responses and outcomes
  • The future path of free health clinics.

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