Relationship Completion in Palliative Care Music Therapy

Relationships are significant in end-of-life care. Music therapy research and descriptive writing have built a body of knowledge supporting efficacy, enabling clinicians to implement evidence-based practices in their work. While relationships and relationship completion have been studied in end-of-life care, there are no written guidelines based on the best practices of relationship completion in palliative care music therapy. Thus, this is the impetus for this book.

Relationship Completion in Palliative Care Music Therapy provides foundational information on relationships, relationship completion in end-of-life care, locations of care, and the scope of the continuum of music experiences. It is written by an international group of experts who collaborated over two years to develop this resource. With particular attention to the importance of equity, diversity, and inclusivity, intercultural competence and anti-oppressive practices are threaded throughout the text with a focus on music therapy techniques for the patient and caregivers. Step by step guidelines are provided for work with children and adults, which are divided into receptive, improvisational, compositional, and recreative categories. Further, a chapter on education and training guidelines is provided, alongside considerations in end-of-life care such as funeral planning, medical assistance in dying, dying alone, and bereavement. This text is a must-read for clinicians, educators and researchers working with the dying and bereaved.

CONTENTS

Preface, by Amy Clements-Cortés

Prelude, by Amy Clements-Cortés & Sara Klinck

Definitions and Continuum of Music Experiences

Chapter 1: Relationships, by Amy Clements-Cortés, Sara Klinck, Lucy Forrest, & Joyce Yip

Chapter 2: Locations of Care, Community Engagement, and Music Therapy in Community Palliative Care, by Sara Klinck, Lucy Forrest, & Giorgos Tsiris

Chapter 3: Recreational Music, Entertainment, and Music and Medicine Experiences: Evidence and Potential for Relationship Completion, by Joyce Yip, Amy Clements-Cortés, Marija Pranjić, & Giorgos Tsiris

Chapter 4: Music Therapy Techniques in End-of-Life Care, by Sara Klinck, Amy Clements-Cortés, & SarahRose Black

Chapter 5: Music Therapy: Evidence and Potential for Relationship Completion, by Amy Clements-Cortés, SarahRose Black, Joyce Yip, Marija Pranjić, Brian Schreck, & Andrew Rossetti

Chapter 6: The Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music: Evidence and Potential for Relationship Completion, by Amy Clements-Cortés & Joyce Yip

Chapter 7: COVID-19 Trauma—Relationship Completion and Unexpected Death Amidst a Global Pandemic, by Joanne Loewy

Chapter 8: Music Therapy and Relationship Completion in Palliative Care: Themes and Orientations for Contemporary Education, by John Mondanaro & Giorgos Tsiris

Chapter 9: Introducing Relationship Completion and Key Considerations in Adult Palliative Care, by Sara Klinck & Amy Clements-Cortés

Chapter 10: Guidelines for Relationship Completion in Adult Palliative Care: Receptive Music Therapy, by Chrissy Pearson

Chapter 11: Guidelines for Relationship Completion in Adult Palliative Care: Improvisational Methods, by Sara Klinck

Chapter 12: Guidelines for Relationship Completion in Adult Palliative Care: Compositional Music Therapy, by Chrissy Pearson

Chapter 13: Guidelines for Relationship Completion in Adult Palliative Care: Re-creative Music Therapy, by Chrissy Pearson

Chapter 14: Introducing Relationship Completion and Key Considerations in Pediatric Palliative Care, by Lucy Forrest

Chapter 15: Guidelines for Relationship Completion in Pediatric Palliative Care: Receptive, Improvisational, Compositional, and Re-creative Music Therapy, by Lucy Forrest

Chapter 16: Guidelines for Using Music for Medical Assistance in Dying, Funeral Planning, and Relationship Completion and Bereavement, by Sara Klinck & Amy Clements-Cortés