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View article: P-165 ‘The politics of presence and absence’: intersectionality, palliative and end-of-life care
P-165 ‘The politics of presence and absence’: intersectionality, palliative and end-of-life care Open
View article: P-136 Evolution of a hospice virtual ward through collaboration – 365 days later
P-136 Evolution of a hospice virtual ward through collaboration – 365 days later Open
View article: The arts in palliative care: critical perspectives on evidence and practice
The arts in palliative care: critical perspectives on evidence and practice Open
View article: Music therapy in adult hospices: a national multicentre survey
Music therapy in adult hospices: a national multicentre survey Open
Background In recent years, there has been an increased demand for non-pharmacological, complementary therapies and psychosocial provisions in hospices, aimed at creating spaces for communication and personalised expression in response to …
View article: The Arts Therapies in Palliative and End-of-Life Care: Insights from a Cross-Cultural Knowledge Exchange Forum
The Arts Therapies in Palliative and End-of-Life Care: Insights from a Cross-Cultural Knowledge Exchange Forum Open
In October 2023, a Knowledge Exchange Forum was established, bringing together arts therapies staff and students from three different palliative and end-of-life care (PEoLC) settings: St Columba’s Hospice Care in Edinburgh, the Brookdale D…
View article: Images of “gatekeeping”
Images of “gatekeeping” Open
An increased attention to anti-oppressive practices has informed critical explorations of ‘gatekeeping’ in the music therapy profession, including issues pertaining to academic education, supervision, and ethics (Gombert, 2022; Hicks, 2020…
View article: Developing a best-practice agenda for music therapy research to support informal carers of terminally ill patients pre- and post-death bereavement: a world café approach
Developing a best-practice agenda for music therapy research to support informal carers of terminally ill patients pre- and post-death bereavement: a world café approach Open
View article: P-184 Music and movement for people with Parkinson’s disease and their carers: a Dalcroze Eurhythmics pilot study within a hospice environment
P-184 Music and movement for people with Parkinson’s disease and their carers: a Dalcroze Eurhythmics pilot study within a hospice environment Open
There is a growing call for embodied, non-invasive approaches to rehabilitation which can improve social relationships as well as psychological and physical wellbeing. This call is supported by an emerging evidence base demonstrating the …
View article: Perspectives on Musical Care Throughout the Life Course: Introducing the Musical Care International Network
Perspectives on Musical Care Throughout the Life Course: Introducing the Musical Care International Network Open
In this paper we report on the inaugural meetings of the Musical Care International Network held online in 2022. The term “musical care” is defined by Spiro and Sanfilippo (2022) as “the role of music—music listening as well as music-makin…
View article: Expanding the scope of open access journals: The ‘Approaches PLUS’ initiative
Expanding the scope of open access journals: The ‘Approaches PLUS’ initiative Open
This new edition of Approaches contains a wealth of papers reflecting both the international and the interdisciplinary scope of the journal. Addressing different areas within music therapy and the broader field of musical care (Sanfilippo …
View article: Creativity and partnership
Creativity and partnership Open
While constraints often imply restrictions on freedom (Stokes, 2006), there are times when creativity thrives in the midst of (and is perhaps even inspired by) constraints. Limitations, pressures, and uncertainties can offer opportunities …
View article: O-21 Arts services in hospices across Scotland: Towards a national mapping
O-21 Arts services in hospices across Scotland: Towards a national mapping Open
Background The importance of the arts and the arts therapies in palliative care is widely recognised (Lee, McIlfatrick & Fitzpatrick, 2021. Palliat Med. 35:1815; Wilson, Bungay, Munn-Giddings, et al., 2016. Int J Nurs Stud. 56:90). Despite…
View article: Playing marbles, playing music
Playing marbles, playing music Open
While keeping an eye on their family’s sheep and alpacas, Aymara boys in the Peruvian Andes play marbles. In their game they need to shoot the marbles over rocks and twigs and through clumps of grass as they aim for a row of small holes th…
View article: Adapting to change, welcoming otherness
Adapting to change, welcoming otherness Open
The second issue of Approaches in 2020 sees the world still in the grip of the COVID-19 pandemic. Music therapy practitioners, educators, and researchers continue to adapt their practice creatively and develop new ways of working while nav…
View article: Proceedings of the 23rd International Seminar of the Commission on Special Music Education and Music Therapy. Special Music Centre Resonaari, Helsinki, Finland, 29-31 July
Proceedings of the 23rd International Seminar of the Commission on Special Music Education and Music Therapy. Special Music Centre Resonaari, Helsinki, Finland, 29-31 July Open
View article: Music therapy in Greece and its applications in dementia and end-of-life care
Music therapy in Greece and its applications in dementia and end-of-life care Open
In this report we focus on music therapy in Greece and its applications in dementia and end-of-life care. Initially we offer an overview of music therapy in the country and outline key developments in terms of professionalisation, educatio…
View article: The Impact Areas Questionnaire (IAQ): A Music Therapy Service Evaluation Tool
The Impact Areas Questionnaire (IAQ): A Music Therapy Service Evaluation Tool Open
Service evaluation is a professional requirement for music therapy practitioners and organisations. Yet service evaluation findings are rarely published within the professional literature, and there is limited documentation of the processe…
View article: Our sea: Music therapy in dementia and end-of-life care in the Mediterranean region [Editorial]
Our sea: Music therapy in dementia and end-of-life care in the Mediterranean region [Editorial] Open
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View article: Our sea: Music therapy in dementia and end-of-life care in the Mediterranean region
Our sea: Music therapy in dementia and end-of-life care in the Mediterranean region Open
OPENING Welcome to this special feature of Approaches, which was inspired by the 1st Mediterranean Music Therapy Meeting. Organised by the Giovanni Ferrari Music Therapy School of Padua, with the support of the Italian Association of Profe…
View article: Collaboration, critique, diversity
Collaboration, critique, diversity Open
This new issue of Approaches is published amid the COVID-19 pandemic and its dramatic implications worldwide. In these unprecedented and worrying times, music therapy organisations and practitioners are exploring and developing new ways of…
View article: Collaboration, critique, diversity [Editorial]
Collaboration, critique, diversity [Editorial] Open
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View article: Exploring the spiritual in music
Exploring the spiritual in music Open
ORIGINS We warmly welcome you to this special issue of Approaches. Spirituality is a shared area of interest for many disciplines that explore the role of music in human life, including music therapy, ethnomusicology, music education, musi…
View article: Special Issue: Exploring the spiritual in music
Special Issue: Exploring the spiritual in music Open
View article: It is the people
It is the people Open
He aha te mea nui o te aoHe tangata, he tangata, he tangata What is the most important thing in the world?It is the people, it is the people, it is the people. This Māori proverb will resonate with music therapists throughout the world who…
View article: Behind the scenes
Behind the scenes Open
Welcome to this new issue of Approaches. Although published with some delay, we hope that this issue will stimulate dialogue and offer new perspectives to practice, theory and research. Some articles were included in Approaches’ First View…
View article: “Sounds good, but… what is it?” An introduction to outcome measurement from a music therapy perspective
“Sounds good, but… what is it?” An introduction to outcome measurement from a music therapy perspective Open
“Sounds good, but… what is it?” This is a common reaction to outcome measurement by music therapy practitioners and researchers who are less familiar with its meanings and practices. Given the prevailing evidence-based practice movement, o…
View article: Performing spirituality in music therapy: Towards action, context and the everyday
Performing spirituality in music therapy: Towards action, context and the everyday Open
Despite various theoretical explorations of spirituality in music therapy, including debates about its perceived threat to music therapy’s development as a legitimate profession, only a relatively small number of empirical studies have bee…
View article: Fostering interdisciplinary and multicultural dialogues
Fostering interdisciplinary and multicultural dialogues Open
Welcome to the first 2017 edition of Approaches! Last year was dedicated to two special issues: Music, Drama, Dance Movement and Art Therapy: Interdisciplinary Dialogues (Karkou 2016) and Dalcroze Eurhythmics in Music Therapy and Special M…
View article: Understanding the present, re-visioning the future: An initial mapping of music therapists in the United Kingdom
Understanding the present, re-visioning the future: An initial mapping of music therapists in the United Kingdom Open
Music therapy is a small, but evolving profession. Numbers of music therapists are increasing, yet little is known regarding the workforce and its employment characteristics. To understand the current profile of the music therapy workforce…
View article: Learning from service evaluation: Identifying 'impact areas' of music therapy services.
Learning from service evaluation: Identifying 'impact areas' of music therapy services. Open
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