TY  - BOOK
AU  - Budrys,Grace
TI  - How nonprofits work: case studies in nonprofit organizations 
SN  - 9781442221062
AV  - HV687 
U1  - 362.1 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Lanham
PB  - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
KW  - Charities, Medical
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Voluntary health agencies
KW  - Nonprofit organizations
KW  - Organizations, Nonprofit
KW  - Voluntary Health Agencies
KW  - Charities
KW  - Aide médicale
KW  - Études de cas
KW  - Associations sans but lucratif pour la santé publique
KW  - Associations sans but lucratif
KW  - nonprofit organizations
KW  - aat
KW  - HEALTH & FITNESS
KW  - Diseases
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Health Care Issues
KW  - MEDICAL
KW  - Health Care Delivery
KW  - Health Policy
KW  - Public Health
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Disease & Health Issues
KW  - fast
KW  - Gesundheitswesen
KW  - gnd
KW  - Nonprofit-Organisation
KW  - USA
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-228) and index; Introduction -- What makes nonprofit organizations special? -- The size and scope of the nonprofit sector -- Analytical framework -- The case presentation framework -- Two classic case studies -- Delivering nursing case in a person's home -- Confronting a highly contagious disease -- Needs of people with a significant physical impairment -- Helping people with various disabilities -- Battling the spread of HIV/AIDS -- Helping to overcome hunger -- Addressing the need for affordable housing -- Conclusion
N2  - How Nonprofits Work looks at nonprofit organizations through a sociological lens, identifying characteristics that make some nonprofits successful and characteristics that cause challenges, focusing on nonprofts in the health services sector. The book opens with helpful background information about nonprofit organizations, then shares case studies that take readers more deeply into the challenges and successes of various organizations. Given the trials nonprofits face in the current economic climate, this timel
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