Music at the End of Life: Easing the Pain and Preparing the Passage (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780313362200)

A practicing music thanatologist provides an insider's history of this remarkable profession, which combines music, medicine, and spirituality to help the terminally ill and their families face the end of life.

Reflecting on the author's experiences as a music-thanatologist, Jennifer Hollis's Music at the End of Life: Easing the Pain and Preparing the Passage is an enlightening and emotional examination of the ways in which the experience of dying can be transformed with music.

Music at the End of Life highlights the unique role music has come to play in hospice and palliative medicine. Jennifer Hollis interweaves narrative memoir, the personal experiences of fellow music-thanatologists and caregivers, and extensive research to demonstrate the transformative power of music when curing is no longer an option. Through story after unforgettable story, Hollis offers a new vision of end-of-life care, in which music creates a beautiful space for the work of letting go, grieving, and saying goodbye.

Author: Jennifer Hollis
ISBN-10: 0313362203
ISBN-13: 9780313362200
Publisher: Praeger
Language: English
Published: 04/15/2010
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.10w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2010 pg. 221