Abstract
Recent attention to the role that social entrepreneurship could play in addressing acute health care challenges1 reminds us that addressing the socioenvironmental factors that influence the physical, mental, social and spiritual components of health and well-being2 requires similarly innovative and imaginative responses. Social enterprises are a potentially useful and economically viable strategy to this end. These are organizations that engage in commercial trade for a social purpose — most often to address one or more aspects of social vulnerability — rather than for the personal financial enrichment of owners or shareholders.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | E440-E441 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Canadian Medical Association Journal |
Volume | 189 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 20 Mar 2017 |
Keywords
- social enterprise
- social determinants
- social entrepreneurship