Haight Ashbury Free Clinics
 | This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. (June 2010) |
 The original Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinic | |
| Industry | rehabilitation |
|---|---|
| Founded | June 7, 1967 |
| Founder | Willard Harris |
| Defunct | July 2019 |
Number of locations | Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco, California |
Area served | Northern California |
| Website | Haight Ashbury Free Clinics website |
The Haight Ashbury Free Clinics, Inc. was a free health care service in Northern California which remained in service from June 7, 1967 until July 2019.[1]
Overview
[edit]The organization was founded by Dr. David E. Smith in Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco, California on June 7, 1967, during the counterculture of the 1960s. As thousands of youth arrived in the city, many were in need of substance abuse treatment, mental health service, and medical attention.[citation needed]
The clinics merged in 2011 with Walden House an addiction treatment organization; in 2012 they adopted a new name: HealthRIGHT 360.[2]
Famous patients
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Ho, Catherine (August 5, 2019). "End of an era in Haight-Ashbury: Original free clinic closes its doors". San Francisco Chronicle.
- ^ "Our Mission: History". HealthRIGHT360. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
- Weiss, Gregory L. (2006). Grass Roots Medicine: The Story of America's Free Health Clinics. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 0-7425-4070-7.
- How a 'Hippie Clinic' in the Haight-Ashbury Started a Medical Revolution. Carrie Feibel. The California Report. Aug 11, 2017. KQED
Further reading
[edit]- Seymour, Richard (1987). The Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinics: Still free after all these years, 1967-1987. San Francisco, California: Partisan Press.
- Smith, David Elvin; John Luce (1971). Love Needs Care: A History of San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury Free Medical Clinic and Its Pioneer Role in Treating Drug-Abuse Problems. Little, Brown. ISBN 0-316-80143-7. LCCN 77-121434.
- Sturges, Clark S. (1993). Dr. Dave: A Profile of David E. Smith, M.D., Founder of the Haight Ashbury Free Clinics. Walnut Creek, California: Devil Mountain Books. ISBN 0-915685-08-6.
External links
[edit]- Haight Ashbury Free Clinics - HealthRIGHT 360
- Haight Ashbury Free Clinics website 2007 40th anniversary archive