The promise clinic: A service learning approach to increasing access to health care

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 935-943

  Jimenez, Manuel ^a   Tan Billet, Jennifer ^b   Babineau, John ^c   Jimenez, Jennifer Endres ^d   Billet, Todd ^e   Flash, Charlene ^f   Levin, Steven ^g   West, Bernadette ^e   Tallia, Alfred ^g,h  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York ^*

^d INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^f BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Community health; Primary care; Service learning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; NEW JERSEY; PRECEPTORSHIP; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL WORK; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNCOMPENSATED CARE; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 49849088344     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.0.0046     Document Type: Article

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