Music Therapy in Palliative Care: New Voices (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781853027390)

Within the last decade music therapists have developed their work with people who have life-threatening illnesses and with those who are dying. This book presents some of that work from music therapists working in different approaches, in different countries, showing how valuable the inclusion of music therapy in palliative care has already proved to be.

It is important for the dying, or those with terminal illness, that approaches are used which integrate the physical, psychological, social and spiritual dimensions of their being. The contributors to this book emphasize the importance of working not only with the patient but with the ward situation, friends and family members. By offering patients the chance to be creative they become something other than patients - they become expressive beings, and there is an intimacy in music therapy that is important for those who are suffering. Many of the contributors write in their own personal voice, providing a particular insight which will be valuable not only to other music therapists seeking to enrich their own ways of working, but to all those involved in caring for the sick and the dying. Contributors describe their work with both children and adults living with HIV/AIDS, cancer and other chronic degenerative diseases.

Author: David Aldridge
ISBN-10: 1853027391
ISBN-13: 9781853027390
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Language: English
Published: 12/01/1998
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 9.11h x 6.16w x 0.42d