title: The dregs of society? Occupational patterns of male asylum attendants in Victorian England.
abstract: This paper presents the results of a database study of male attendants hired at two Surrey asylums between 1868 and 1881. It challenges the widely held assumption that attending was an 'occupation of last resort' and places asylum work within the wider context of a rapidly changing labour market in Victorian England.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing and Midwifery Studies, Queen's Medical Centre, University of Nottingham.
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authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wright
mesh_terms: D006281:Health Occupations / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000266:history*; D011566:Psychiatric Aides / Q000266:history*; D006113:United Kingdom