| Music Therapy in Palliative Care: New Voices Contributor(s): Aldridge, David (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1853027391 ISBN-13: 9781853027390 Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers OUR PRICE: $37.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1998 Annotation: Working together in a creative way to enhance the quality of living can help patients make sense of dying. Within the past decade, music therapists have developed their work with people who have life-threatening illnesses and with those who are dying. Music Therapy in Palliative Care presents some of the work from music therapists working in different approaches, in different countries. They describe their experiences when working with children and adults living with HIV/AIDS, cancer and other chronic degenerative diseases. Music therapists, as clinicians, are strongly engaged with their clients: it is this intimacy which is so important for those who are suffering. In this book, the dedication of the therapist to allow and encourage personal expression in others, is reflected. It is of relevance, therefore, to all those involved in caring for the sick and the dying. While there are traditions of case presentation and musical excellence within music therapy, and a developing practice of research, the tradition of clinical writing has been neglected. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Terminal Care - Psychology | Psychotherapy - General - Psychology | Psychopathology - Compulsive Behavior |
| Dewey: 615.851 |
| LCCN: 98045893 |
| Physical Information: 0.42" H x 6.16" W x 9.11" (0.60 lbs) 176 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |