Talk:Free clinic

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Untitled
Several of the claims made appear to be uncited or make broad generations. Annaou (talk) 23:21, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

Hello, I added a citation to this sentence: When a community has a free clinic, hospitals can steer patients to the clinic who otherwise would have been seen in the ER, patients who have a simple ear ache, pink eye, strep throat, flu, etc. Jsumera (talk) 08:37, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

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free clinics elsewhere in the world
Would like to point out that the idea of a free clinic in a system where there is not universal health care is not uniquely an American concept. As an example: In pre-Apartheid (pre-1948) and Apartheid South Africa, free clinics were started by concerned medical students and doctors to provide medical care for Africans who were actively segregated and denied any form of medical care by the state. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Simonmendelsohn (talk • contribs) 08:31, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

United States
I've added a disambiguative phrase to distinguish that a "free clinic" is an American concept (or at least only a sensible concept in countries that don't have universal health care). In Canada, for instance, all health-care clinics are free. If there are other countries that use the term as it's defined here, by all means add them in or edit appropriately. Accounting4Taste 18:07, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Historically, Canada had free clinics before the country adopted universal health care. – Reidgreg (talk) 13:55, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Clinic
See tag on article page.

Disagree with merge The free clinic and its movement is an article that could stand on its own. More can be added. Petersam 09:42, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

second disagreement despite universal health care coverage in canada and france, free clinics still exist in these two countries, and most likely in other countries with national health care. free clinics in these other countries often serve migrant workers, immigrants, homeless persons or addicts - a free clinic article should definitely stand alone alidamaria

Plans for Editing
Hello, I am adding more to this article. Here are some of the things I plan to do with it.

Student-Run Free Clinics: I am adding a few sentences about medical students in the free clinic space. Research articles I have found talk about medical students "witnessing" and focusing on the patient's full history (social/environmental factors) as well as medical aspect. This gives medical students more of a public health view as they listen to the patient's social circumstances that affect their health. Another article also talked about community advocacy and medical students helping to create community bonding in their patients.

I will also add more data on the cost-benefits of free clinics and how much money they can save a hospital or city.

I also plan on adding some more information about the demographics of free clinics, and the barriers free clinics face when serving a population of minorities.

Data is found from peer-reviewed articles and scholarly sources found on JSTOR and other databases.

Jsumera (talk) 18:56, 24 April 2019 (UTC)

Free Clinic
This article takes a political turn by discussing at length a previous President’s policy. Since we’re a year into a current President’s term, all of the references to the unknown should be removed because it discusses something in the past that may or may not happen - but it already did or did not happen. 23.242.12.90 (talk) 16:52, 29 December 2021 (UTC)

Social Workers at Free Clinics
I am considering adding a section about the importance of social workers at Free Clinics and the roles they would play in that setting

I have a scholarly peer reviewed source that explores the presence of social workers in free clinics and how their presence has helped free clinics improve their practice. I will also explore why it is important for patients to have a social worker present through information presented in the research article I have obtained.

The research article was obtained through the UC Berkeley library database

Alisha2003 (talk) 23:04, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

Adding to History Section
I would like to add more information about the Haight Ashbury Clinics and the Black Panther Party's Peoples' Free Medical Clinics. I have a few scholarly sources to pull some more detailed information from and I wanted to explore how these clinics helped establish the role free clinics in the healthcare system in the United States. I will explore their involvement in social justice reform in healthcare and other ways in which free clinics became advocates for fairer health care practices.

Alisha2003 (talk) 20:10, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: Global Poverty and Practice
— Assignment last updated by JG2027 (talk) 21:33, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: Global Poverty and Practice
The article provides a comprehensive and thorough overview of free clinics. It mainly focuses on covering the history, services, patient demographics, funding sources, and challenges marginalized communities face. However, it could place more emphasis on the specific impact of free clinics within communities, such as how they contribute to improving healthcare access, reducing healthcare disparities, and relieving pressure on emergency departments. For example, specific impacts include the social-service provided by caseworkers/volunteers within the center itself, and their influence in communicating with the underserved patients. This influence needs attention within the source because socializing with such patients improves their mental and physical health/well-being, and this aspect should be addressed! Joshuapak11 (talk) 08:03, 21 April 2024 (UTC)