Introduction, David Aldridge. 1. Music Therapy and the Creative Act, David Aldridge, Chair of Qualitative Research in Medicine, University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany. 2. Music Therapy as Milieu in the Hospice and Paediatric Oncology Ward, Tryge Aasgaard, Asistant Professor, Oslo College; Music Therapist, Ullevl, The National Hospital, Hospice Louisenberg, Oslo, Norway. 3. Lyrical Themes in Songs Written by Palliative Care Patients, Clare O'Callaghan. 4. Creativity and Communication Aspects of Music Therapy in a Children's Hospital, Beth Dun, Senior Music Therapist, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne. 5. Music Therapy at the End of Life: Searching for the Rite of Passage, Bridget Hogan. 6. Music Therapy in Chronic Degenerative Illness: Reflecting the Dynamic Sense of Self, Wendy Magee. 7. Music: A Means of Comfort, Susan Weber, Music Therapist, Johannes Hospiz der Barmherzigen, Munich; Lecturer in Music Therapy, Ludwigs Maximilian University, Munich. 8. Music Therapists' Personal Reflections on Working with Those Who Are Living with HIV/AIDS: `Almost the Definition of God', Nigel Hartley, Senior Music Therapist, Sir Michael Sobell House; London Lighthouse; Nordoff Robbins Centre, London. 9. Music Therapy with HIV Positive and AIDS Patients, Lutz Neugebauer. 10. The Implications of Melodic Expression for Music Therapy with a Breast Cancer Patient, Gudrun Aldridge, Lecturer, University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany. 11. Writing and Therapy: Into a New Tongue, Rob Finlayson.
Different approaches working with people who have life-threatening illnesses and with those who are dying in palliative care settings.
David Aldridge is Professor of Qualitative Research in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Witten-Herdecke. He is author of Music Therapy Research and Practice in Medicine: From Out of the Silence (1996) Suicide: The Tragedy of Hopelessness (1998) and Spirituality, Healing and Medicine (2000) published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Music therapy is still in the process of establishing its role in
the UK palliative care movement. On balance, this publication can
only help to inspire more therapists to work in the field, and to
communicate their experiences to a wider audience. The personal
approach to writing adopted by many of the authors is both highly
accessible and absorbing. With this publication the voice of music
therapy speaks clearly, providing a highly recommended account of
this exciting and challenging area of work.
*British Journal of Music Therapy*
In this pioneering book, David Aldridge presents chapters by an
international range of music therapists who have extended the field
to include work with patients suffering from the final stages of
life-limiting illness. The result is an attractive volume that
charts a fresh and innovative approach to problems faced by
palliative care patients which will appeal to health care
professionals as well as music therapists…I woud highly recommend
this book as an inspiring addition to the literature on the use of
creative therapies in palliative care. It offers a well-referenced,
accessible and sensitively written contribution to the field.
*European Journal of Palliative Care*
This book brings together the first published volume of many music
therapists working with different approaches in different
countries. It provides an extremely comprehensive insight into the
approaches used by music therapists working within a variety of
palliative care settings and a diversity of client groups and
life-threatening conditions. The text is supplemented by very
moving case studies. The book indicates clearly the power of music,
its effect and the associations we hold with music throughout our
lives. It is a multidimensional medium which has tremendous impact
on our past, present and future lives. It provides a therapeutic
tool within palliative care which by its varying dimensions has a
potential value for individuals who are struggling with their
present life-threatening or life-limiting circumstance. It is an
essential read for anyone wishing to discover the potential value
of music therapy within palliative care.
*British Journal of Occupational Therapy*
`Here is a book for the therapist, musician or student seeking a
broard perspective on the practical application of music therapy.
It is written by a range of practioners working in a variety of
settings, each bringing a new vision to the interested reader. All
aspects of music therapy are here represented, icluding listening,
performance, composition (music and words) and milieu. Examples
abound of different approaches to this most personal of therapeutic
strategies - whether to complement pain relief, to provide an
enjoyable undertaking for patients to join with each other and with
their families and friends or as a diversionary activity. The
thought provoking methods described from the practioner's view
allow the reader to sit on sessions of music-making with patients
turned musicians in a most exciting manner. It is this readability
which will encourage the non-music therapist and non-therapist
musician. Here are clear descriptions of successful methods in
listening to music, in performning and composing with children and
with older people. Lively imprtomptu 'jam' sessions are explored,
carefully recalling instrumentation's and levels of musical
expertise. Planned programmes of considerable complexity are
described, allowing the reader to develop an understanding of the
processes involved. A patient who wants me to compile a tape of his
favourite music as a parting gift for his family, or the woman who
has written words for a song but needs some help in composing a
special tune. These cameos of practice are well presented and
organised into a readable collection. They offer sufficient detail
to encourage the well endowed music therapist while having
sufficent non-technical material to allow access to the less
musically inclined reder. This book is well referenced, offering a
clear path to follow for those wishing to learn more. The subject
and author indexes allow access to any vaguely recalled part of the
book.
*Rostrum*
I would highly recommend this book as an inspiring addition to the
literature on the use of creative therapies in palliative care. It
is slim (160 pages), well-written and highly readable, even to
those who have no previous experience in the field.
*Marie Curie News*
This book explores music therapy's enhancement of palliative care -
giving voice to nine currently unpublished Music Therapists. The
writers work in many settings - hospices, hospitals, paediatric
oncology wards, AIDS support centres - in diverse countries
throughout the world. But this diversity blends into a harmonious
and inspiring book.
*Grief Matters*
This book presents clinical writing from music therapists working
using different approaches in various countries. It introduces the
reader to different aspects of music therapy. The book contains
in-depth case discussions rather than quantitative research
analysis… Although entitled Palliative Care the book covers a wide
spectrum of cancer stages, degenerative illnesses, HIV/AIDS, as
well as, working with children and adults. The book illustrates the
different areas where Music Therapy could work as part of a
multi-disciplinary team.
*Irish Social Worker*
The contributors seek to emphasise the importance of working not
only with the patient but with the ward situation, friends and
family members; many write in their own personal voice, offering 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.
*Progress in Palliative Care*
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