Music therapy in palliative care : new voices / edited by David Aldridge.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-169) and indexes.

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Introduction / David Aldridge -- 1. Music Therapy and the Creative Act / David Aldridge -- 2. Music Therapy as Milieu in the Hospice and Paediatric Oncology Ward / Trygve Aasgaard -- 3. Lyrical Themes in Songs Written by Palliative Care Patients / Clare C. O'Callaghan -- 4. Creativity and Communication Aspects of Music Therapy in a Children's Hospital / Beth Dun -- 5. Music Therapy at the End of Life: Searching for the Rite of Passage / Bridgit Hogan -- 6. Music Therapy in Chronic Degenerative Illness: Reflecting the Dynamic Sense of Self / Wendy Magee -- 7. Music: A Means of Comfort / Susan Weber -- 8. Music Therapists' Personal Reflections on Working with Those, Who Are Living with HIV/AIDS / Nigel Alan Hartley -- 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 -- 11. Writing and Therapy: Into a New Tongue / Rob Finlayson.

This text presents the work of music therapists working in different approaches in different countries, describing their experiences of working with children and adults who are living with HIV/AIDS, cancer and other degenerative diseases.

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