Sound Continuing Bonds with the Deceased: The Relevance of Music, Including Preloss Music Therapy, for Eight Bereaved Caregivers

Death Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 101-125

  O'Callaghan, Clare C ^a   McDermott, Fiona ^b   Hudson, Peter ^a,c,d   Zalcberg, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVER; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC THERAPY; NEOPLASM; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC THERAPY; NARRATION; NEOPLASMS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VICTORIA;

EID: 84872540413     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2011.617488     Document Type: Article

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