Music at the End of Life: Easing the Pain and Preparing the Passage

An aspect of palliative care, music-thanatology unites music and medicine to offer symptom relief and support to dying patients and their families. In this book, music-thanatologist Hollis examines the unique role that music has come to play in hospice and palliative medicine, offering symptom relief and support to dying patients and their families. By intervweaving narrative memoir, the personal experiences of fellow music-thanatologists and caregivers, and extensive research, the author 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. Annotation 穢2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)