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- Title
A qualitative Study of Letters to President Kennedy from Persons with Mental Illness and Their Families: Using the Research Poem in Policy Oriented Research.
- Authors
Furman, Rich; Shukraft, Allison
- Abstract
Using the research poem as a tool of data representation, this paper presents findings from an analysis of letters sent to President John F. Kennedy regarding the formulation of mental health policy during the early 1960s. The article presents the experiences of consumers of mental health services and their families—shapers and receivers of mental health provisions that are in frequently given voice. Traditional thematic analysis was conducted, and data subsequently were represented in three poetic forms: free verse, the pantoum, and the tanka.
- Subjects
MENTAL health policy; KENNEDY, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963; POETRY writing; FREE verse; PANTOUMS; RESEARCH methodology; LETTERS; EDUCATION
- Publication
Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare, 2007, Vol 34, Issue 4, p81
- ISSN
0191-5096
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.15453/0191-5096.3295