Music Therapy and Palliative Care

TITLE: Supportive cancer care at the end of life: Mapping the cultural landscape in palliative care and music therapy.

AUTHOR: Forrest, Lucy

KEY WORDS: supportive cancer care, palliative care, music therapy, cultural issues

Volume: 1, Issue: 3, Pages: 9-14

Publication year: 2011

Peer Reviewed?: Yes

DOI: 10.1177/1943862110390820

Database: PsycINFO

Document URL: http://remote.libproxy.wlu.ca/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/900622137?accountid=15090

Abstract:

In recent decades, the fields of palliative care and music therapy have undergone rapid formal and global development, to be practiced in many countries and cultures. Simultaneous with the global development of palliative care and music therapy has been the world-wide movement of migrants and refugees which has “resulted in many…societies…becoming increasingly ethnically and culturally diverse.” This has led to a growing awareness of the richly diverse cultural experiences and traditions that both clinicians and clients bring to end-of-life care and music therapy. This paper maps the discussion of cultural issues in palliative care and music therapy. The literature will be examined, key issues identified, and the impact of these on the provision of culturally appropriate palliative care and music therapy services explored, and a framework offered for considering the cultural landscape of palliative music therapy practice. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved)(journal abstract)