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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Weiss, Gregory L.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2006]
Subjects:	Clinics. Community health services. Health facilities. Hospitals. Community Health Services > United States. Community Health Centers > United States. Health Services Accessibility > United States. Medically Uninsured > United States.
Online Access:	Table of contents

Table of Contents:

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 in free health clinics: the move toward collective organization
The reemergence of a national association
Free health clinic staff and volunteers
Patient responses and outcomes
The future path of free health clinics.