Methods to Develop a Sustainable Free Eye Clinic at a Homeless Shelter

Lauren Hennein; Alejandra G. de Alba Campomanes; Saras Ramanathan

doi:10.1055/s-0040-1705086

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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Academic Ophthalmology 2020; 12(01): e22-e26
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1705086

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Methods to Develop a Sustainable Free Eye Clinic at a Homeless Shelter

Lauren Hennein

¹Department of Ophthalmology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California

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Alejandra G. de Alba Campomanes

²Department of Ophthalmology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California

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Saras Ramanathan

³Department of Ophthalmology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California

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