Free Clinic Services

The Free People's Clinic has more to offer you than health care. Open nearly a year in its present location (225 E. Liberty), the clinic now includes many non-medical and medically-oriented services. The three staff collectives which run the clinic Monday thru Wednesday nights now offer the following services

♦LEGAL COUNSELING. A revolving set of local lawyers commandeered a clinic counselling room this past summer. Working now with Monday night clinic sessions, they offer guidance on legal questions. Naturally, for this or any of the auxiliary offerings of the clinic, you need not be a clinic patient to partake.

♦NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING. Wednesday night (and possibly Monday soon) has a nutrition graduate student who gladly fields questions on food, food chemistry, food politics, vegetarianism and other related topics.

♦OVER-THE-COUNTER INTELLIGENCE. A fifth-year pharmacy student is presently establishing a table at the clinic's Wednesday night session where he hoped to advise people on drug-store products they buy for self-medication. He emphasizes the need to break down advertising myths about many products. He also plans to discuss tried-and-true home remedies he finds effective against common ailments.

♦DENTAL HYGIENE. On Wednesday nights, a dental screening service will be added to the clinic by fourth-year dentistry students. The students will give oral exams and referral advice.

♦SEXUALITY COUNSELLING. The clinic now possesses the complete series of the Yes books of Sex, as well as other sexuality materials available in our media room. The foremost women's body knowledge book, Our Bodies, Our Selves is also available at the clinic, free of charge.