Development and efficacy of music therapy techniques within palliative care.


Author: Clements-Cortés A1.

Affiliation: 1University of Toronto, Music and Health Research Collaboratory, 80 Queen's Park Circle, Toronto, Canada. Electronic address: notesbyamy2@yahoo.ca.
Conference/Journal: Complement Ther Clin Pract. 
Date published: 2015 May 12
Other:
  Pages: S1744-3881(15)00040-7   ,  Special Notes:  doi: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2015.04.004   ,  Word Count: 134  
    Abstract

Music therapy is increasingly becoming an intervention used in palliative care settings around the globe. While the specialty of palliative care music therapy is relatively young having emerged in the late 1980s, there is a strong and growing body of evidence demonstrating its efficacy in assisting a variety of issues common at end-of-life. There are multiple music therapy techniques that are implemented with clients in palliative care and they can be categorized in four broad areas: receptive, creative, recreative and combined. These techniques will be presented with respect to their development by clinicians as supported by the descriptive and research literature. Information is also provided on the use of music therapy in facilitating the grieving and bereavement process.

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KEYWORDS:

Efficacy; Grief; Music therapy; Palliative care; Techniques

PMID: 25986297