"Women and children waiting to see the doctor, who visits the project once a week.
Irwinville Farms, Georgia."
John Vachon, photographer. Created May, 1938.
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, FSA-OWI Collection.

Some Americans, particularly those in poorer and rural areas, encountered physicians not in home visits or private offices, but at clinics. At federal and state-funded clinics, physicians and nurses provided care for those whose class, race, or geographical location limited their access to physicians.

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