This book brings together cutting edge practices from medical music therapy clinicians and educators across the country and provides information on evidence-based clinical applications with a variety of medical populations, program ...
Which cultures have used music therapy? What were their aims and techniques, and how much continuity is there between ancient, medieval and modern practice? These are the questions addressed by the essays in this volume.
Effective Clinical Practice in Music Therapy: Medical Music Therapy for Adults in Hospital Settings
Amy Robertson has taken her experience of starting a music therapy program from scratch at the largest admitting hospital in America and provided step-by-step instructions on how others can do the same.
Doctors, nurses, hospital administrators, patients, patients' families and music therapists explore the clinical uses of music therapy and the role of the music therapist in patient care.
Case studies of advanced practice in medical music therapy
Brown, S., Martinez, M. J., & Parsons, L. M. (2006). Music and language side by side in the brain: a PET study of the generation of melodies and sentences. European Journal of Neuroscience, 23, 2791–2803. Brown, S., Ngan, E., & Liotti, ...
This is the miraculous story of a music therapist who treats terminally ill and mentally handicapped patients with the medicine of music.
This book adds music as a potent, enlightening, and life-enriching addition to our armamentarium for the management of complex medical conditions. The content of some chapters may foster more ideas for future research.
Joseph Campbell's mythic journey of the hero (Campbell, 2008) parallels the challenges and rewards in our companions' travels through the medical system. Campbell's hero is an archetype for the individual who resides in the ordinary ...