Overview

The use of music therapy in children's hospices is burgeoning. This moving text brings together the experiences of eleven music therapists working with children who are in the final stages of life-limiting illness. The contributors discuss the adaptation of the therapy to the hospice environment and to the individual needs of the patient. They explore the key concerns of all practitioners in this field such as how to empower the patient, how to help bereaved siblings and how the therapists themselves can find support. The volume takes a holistic approach to children's hospices with chapters on involving family and staff in sessions and the creation of a music community. Essential reading for all music therapists working in palliative care and for health care professionals considering introducing music as a therapy.

Full Product Details

Author:   Lesley Schatzberger ,  Mercedes Pavlicevic ,  Lesley Schatzberger
Publisher:   Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Imprint:   Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Edition:   illustrated edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.70cm , Height: 9.60cm , Length: 23.20cm
Weight:   0.300kg
ISBN:  

9781843102540

ISBN 10:   1843102544
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   15 February 2005
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Foreword, Victoria Wood. Introduction, MercA (c)dAs Pavlicevic. 1. `When I Grow Up', Lesley Schatzberger. 2. Beginnings of Music Therapy in Our Hospice, Cathy Ibberson. 3. Music and Medicine: Music Therapy within Medical Setting, Catherine Sweeney-Brown.4. A Creative Response to Loss: Developing a Music Therapy Group for Bereaved Siblings, Jane Mayhew. 5. Brief Encounters, Ceridwen Rees. 6. `A Bohemian Rhapsody': Using Music Technology to Fulfil the Aspirations of Teenage Lads with Muscular Dystrophy, Neil Eaves. 7. The Open Music Therapy Group Session, Brigitte Schwarting. 8. Living Community: Music Therapy with Children and Adults in a Hospice Setting, Graeme Davis. 9. `This Musical Life': TA* Hafan Children's Hospice - A Place for Living, Diane Wilkinson. 10. From Hospice to Home: Music Therapy Outreach, Kathryn Nall and Elinor Everitt. 11. Needing Support: A Therapist's Perspective, Gill Cubitt. Before We Conclude, MercA (c)dAs Pavlicevic. Conclusion: Working Together in Music Therapy, Chris Stratton and Jane Mayhew. List of Contributors. Index. CD Order Form.

Reviews

Whether music therapy or jamming, this book should be recommended as a remarkable story of what can be achieved from personal experience and commitment, and of the unquestionable power of music in the children's hospice setting. -- Mortality This would be a valuable resource for those music therapists working in paediatric palliative care. It can be read a s a whole or in parts as the testimony of music therapists who have been privileged to accompany clients on their journey through life-limiting, life threatening illnesses, and have observed the unique value of creative music making in this setting. -- Australian Journal of Music Therapy Music was in every cell of Jessie George's small body. Her family probably hoped it would crowd out the cancer there as well, but that was not to be. Inspired by Jessies's Fund, created to support music therapy in children's hospices and other medical settings, these 11 essays by therapists, families and patients, shows music therapy, interwoven into the supportive and loving atmosphere of a well-run children's hospice, contributes to the lives of patients and aids family members in surprising ways. The essays also include practical ways to start music therapy programs in medical settings with child patients, and ways to extend the benefits into the community. Jessie, no doubt, would approve. -- Book News This book provides a valuable contribution to the expanding area surrounding music therapy and palliative care with a particular focus on children. Part of this contribution lies in the way this book was created, that is, how the idea of Jessie's Fund first came about. This book celebrates the birth of music therapy services for children in hospices in the United Kingdom, or as described by the Editor in the opening of the introduction - a celebration of Jessie's fund in action (p. 18). -- Nordic Journal of Music Therapy

Author Information

Mercedes Pavlicevic lives and works in South Africa, and is Director at the Music Therapy Programme at the University of Pretoria, and Researcher Associate at the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Centre, London where she teaches the Master of Music Therapy Programme, and she has been involved in Community Music Therapy projects for the past six years.

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