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Selected Works of Rich Furman
Article
A Qualitative Study of Letters to President Kennedy from Persons with Mental Illness and Their Families: Using the Research Poem in Policy Oriented Research
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
  • Rich Furman, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
  • Allison Shukraft, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
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Publication Date
2007
Keywords
  • Research poem,
  • mental health policy,
  • John F. Kennedy
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Abstract
Using the research poem as a tool of data representation, this paper presentsfindingsfrom 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 mentalhealthprovisionsth atareinfrequentlygivenv oice. Traditional thematic analysis was conducted, and data subsequently were represented in three poetic forms:free verse, the pantoum, and the tanka.
Citation Information
Rich Furman and Allison Shukraft. "A Qualitative Study of Letters to President Kennedy from Persons with Mental Illness and Their Families: Using the Research Poem in Policy Oriented Research" (2007)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/rich-furman/47/