Inside Oregon State Hospital (eBook, ePUB) - Goeres-Gardner, Diane L.
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A look inside the historic mental hospital that served as the location for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest-includes photos. Seen through the eyes of those who lived there, this book examines the world of a mental hospital established in Salem, Oregon, in 1883-where, in desperate attempts to cure their patients, physicians injected them with deadly medications, cut holes in their heads, and sterilized them. Years of insufficient funding caused the hospital to decay into a crumbling, understaffed facility, which was later used as the setting for the 1975 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
A look inside the historic mental hospital that served as the location for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest-includes photos. Seen through the eyes of those who lived there, this book examines the world of a mental hospital established in Salem, Oregon, in 1883-where, in desperate attempts to cure their patients, physicians injected them with deadly medications, cut holes in their heads, and sterilized them. Years of insufficient funding caused the hospital to decay into a crumbling, understaffed facility, which was later used as the setting for the 1975 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Today, after a $360 million makeover, Oregon State Hospital is a modern treatment hospital for the state's civil and forensic mentally ill. In this compelling account of the institution's tragedies and triumphs, author Diane Goeres-Gardner offers an unparalleled look at the very human story of Oregon's historic asylum.
Autorenporträt
Diane L. Goeres-Gardner is a fifth-generation Oregonian whose ancestors came to Oregon in 1852 and settled in Tillamook County. She is the award-winning author of four books, including Necktie Parties: Legal Executions in Oregon, 1851-1905 and Murder, Morality, and Madness: Women Criminals in Early Oregon. John Terry is a retired journalist whose career, starting in 1963 with the Salem Capital Journal, spanned 50 years. For 15 years starting in 1997 he wrote a weekly column on Oregon history for The Oregonian.