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Direct linkMonk, Lee-Ann – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2010
This article examines the exploitation of patient labour at Kew Cottages, Australia's first purpose-built state institution for people with learning disabilities. Analysing historical evidence for the period 1887-1950 shows that unpaid patient labour contributed significantly to the economy of the Cottages and so to the government department of…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Learning Disabilities, Patients, Foreign Countries
