Social Impact: Love or Money: The Rise of For-Profit Social Services

Publication Date

2007

Document Type

Article

Authors

Rick Skwiot, Washington University in St. Louis

Author's School

Brown School of Social Work

Volume

1

Issue

2

First Page

17

Last Page

23

Summary

For better or for worse, for-profit social-service providers—in mental health, welfare, and medical care—are driving fundamental change in an industry previously driven largely by humanitarian concerns.