Islene Runningdeer

Musical Encounters with Dying

Stories and Lessons

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the supportive role music therapy can play in the end-of-life care. Through real-life accounts, it looks at how to create a therapeutic relationship, help patients to reach final goals, work within cultural contexts and deal with difficult emotions. It also considers how best to support the families of the dying.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 151mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 248g
• ISBN-13: 9781849059367
• ISBN-10: 1849059365
• Artikelnr.: 37265548

Autorenporträt

Islene Runningdeer is a music therapist with the Advanced Illness Care Team at Gifford Medical Center in Randolph, Vermont. In 2001 she convinced the Director of the Central Vermont Palliative Care and Hospice Team to allow her to demonstrate the effectiveness of music therapy with a brief pilot program. The positive results were immediately seen, and she was given a position on the clinical team. Islene also has experience as a professional pianist and music teacher. She lives in Vermont.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements. Notes on the Text. Foreword by Diana Peirce. Preface.
1.The Death Song: Historical and Therapeutic Perspectives. 2. The
Relationship. 3. Some Things the Dying Need to Do. 4. The Safety of
Culture. 5. Difficult Emotions. 6. Music is a Visual Art. 7. The Disabled
and Mentally Ill. 8. The Rich and the Poor. 9. The Will to Live, The Will
to Die. 10. Self-Care: Breathing Life into My Life. 11. Colophon: Lessons
and Final Thoughts. Index.