The Professional Gift Model remains the prevalent model for public services, whereby support is defined by professionals and given as a unilateral gift to needy people.
Much of current welfare provision is organised using the Professional Gift Model by which services are rationed and delivered by professionals who retain control over the person in need.
The publisher is the Centre for Welfare Reform.
Graphic on Professional Gift Model © Simon Duffy 2009.
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