MUSIC THERAPY IN CHILDREN'S HOSPICES: JESSIE'S FUND IN ACTION; ED. BY MERCEDES PAVLICEVIC

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. Cover......Page 1 Music Therapy in Children’s: Hospices Jessie’s Fund in Action......Page 5 Contents......Page 9 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ......Page 11 Foreword......Page 13 1 ‘When I grow up...’......Page 23 2 The beginnings of music therapy in our hospice......Page 39 3 Music and medicine: Music therapy within a medical setting......Page 50 4 A creative response to loss: Developing a music therapy group for bereaved siblings......Page 64 5 Brief encounters......Page 83 6 ‘A Bohemian Rhapsody’: Using music technology to fulfil the aspirations of teenage lads with muscular dystrophy......Page 97 7 The open music therapy group session......Page 112 8 Living community: Music therapy with children and adults in a hospice setting......Page 126 9 ‘This musical life’: Ty Hafan Children’s Hospice – a place for living......Page 141 10 From hospice to home: Music therapy outreach......Page 149 11 Needing support: A therapist’s perspective......Page 161 Before we conclude.........Page 171 Conclusion: Working together in music therapy......Page 172 LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS ......Page 180 LIST OF JESSIE'S FUND CD TRACKS ......Page 185 SUBJECT INDEX ......Page 186 AUTHOR INDEX ......Page 190 CD ORDER FORM ......Page 191 Annotation The use of music therapy in children's hospices has burgeoned since its introduction by Jessie's Fund in the mid-90s. This moving and extremely helpful text brings together the experiences of eleven music therapists working with children who are in the final stages of life-limiting illness. The contributors adapt music therapy to hospice environments and explore key concerns for all practitioners, including how to empower ill children and their families, how to help bereaved siblings, and how the therapists themselves find support. The book celebrates the communities created through an inclusive music therapy practice with children, their families and hospice staff. This text is essential reading for all music therapists working in palliative care and for health care professionals considering introducing music as a therapy The use of music therapy in children's hospices is burgeoning. This moving and extremely helpful 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 hos Working on this book has kept me returning to a question I once heard at a music therapy presentation.