From hero of the counterculture to risk assessment : a consideration of two portrayals of the “psychiatric patient”
(2016)
Journal Article
Cummins, I. (2016). From hero of the counterculture to risk assessment : a consideration of two portrayals of the “psychiatric patient”. Illness, Crisis and Loss, 26(2), 111-123. https://doi.org/10.1177/1054137316649734
This article is based on a comparative thematic analysis of two novels that explore the experiences of institutional psychiatric care. Ken Kesey’s 1962 novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is a classic of modern U.S. literature. It is argued here th... Read More about From hero of the counterculture to risk assessment : a consideration of two portrayals of the “psychiatric patient”.