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Paperback. Condition: Good. First edition. Red wraps as issued. Good with wear at edges, no former owner marks. Light top corner bump. Special issue of the Journal of Social Issues, at the specific request of the Council of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) Council. 208 pages. "The Free Clinic' concept" was introduced in 1971 by Freudenberger, following upon the first National Free Clinic Council Conference held in Haight-Ashbury in 1969. Among the 600-700 participants, including sectors that were needing to be served, hippie's, ex-addicts, runaways who were already flooding into the district. This led to the setting of of the first Haight-Ashbury Free Clinic, with 35 free clinics soon to follow. 'The Free Clinic Handbook' addresses the persistent issues of street life in a direct and detailed manner, without judgement. It draws upon the experience of 21 contributors, experts engaged in implementation and evaluation of every aspect of meeting the needs of 'free clinic' clients and workers. Outline of contents: The Initial Problems, The Rationale, and the Process in a Free Clinic Setting; How to Organize Specific Services in a Free Clinic (including counseling, dental, drug, laboratory, legal issues, and an article on "Aquarian Age Medicine"; final sections on Administrative and Staff Problems, and Types of Free Clinics. Freudenberger's article on "Staff Burnout" in this issue established the concept with decades of research to follow (see "Burnout Research" SAGE January-March 2017: 1?12.) From a 1977 APA review: " Important to those planning to establish a free clinic, important to existing clinics and important to the political, legal and medical establishment which created the oppressive conditions leading to the functional necessity of alternative health care agencies.".