Students who participate in a student-run free health clinic need education about access to care issues

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 964-968

  Simmons, B Brent ^a,d   DeJoseph, Daniel ^b   Diamond, James ^c   Weinstein, Lara ^c  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Janet Weis Children s Hospital   (United States)

^c Tmas Jefferson Univerity   (United States)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Homeless patients; Medical students; Student run clinics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PUBLIC RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DATA COLLECTION; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PHILADELPHIA; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 74349104712     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.0.0225     Document Type: Article

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