MUSIC THERAPY IN PALLIATIVE CARE Book

	Acknowledgements	8
	Introduction	9
1	Music Therapy and the Creative Act	15
2	Music Therapy as Milieu in the Hospice and Paediatric Oncology Ward	29
3	Lyrical Themes in Songs Written by Palliative Care Patients	43
4	Creativity and Communication Aspects of Music Therapy in a Children's Hospital	59
5	Music Therapy at the End of Life: Searching for the Rite of Passage	68
6	Music Therapy in Chronic Degenerative Illness: Reflecting the Dynamic Sense of Self	82
7	Music: A Means of Comfort	95
8	Music Therapists' Personal Reflections on Working with Those, Who Are Living with HIV/AIDS	105
9	Music Therapy with HIV Positive and AIDS Patients	126
10	The Implications of Melodic Expression for Music Therapy with a Breast Cancer Patient	135
11	Writing and Therapy: Into a New Tongue	154
	References	161
	The Contributors	170
	Subject Index	171
	Author Index	174