Description:

The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program

Presents

A Montgomery Lecture

With

Jessica Jerome, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Health Sciences
DePaul University  

Much More than a Clinic: Chicago's Free Health Centers 1968-1972

Drawing on archival evidence, Professor Jerome documents the emergence and fluorescence of three free health clinics in Chicago in the late 1960s. This lecture traces the centers' forceful removal by the city's Board of Health, and their subsequent replacement by Federally Qualified Health Centers (FHQCs). Professor Jerome argues that the demise of the free centers is exemplary of a broader trend in US health policy of regulating and diminishing the health care options of poor Americans. By highlighting the stark contrast between Chicago's free health centers of the 1960s and the health care services offered by contemporary FQHCs, it’s revealed that there’s a gradual shift from health care rights to accessing care in the US health care safety net.

This lecture is open to the public and will be held in the Searle Seminar Room in the Lurie Research Building (303 E Superior), Chicago Campus. For those outside the Chicago area and anyone who would prefer to attend remotely, a Zoom option is also available.

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