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Authors: David Aldridge
ISBN-13: 9781843103028, ISBN-10: 1843103028
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Limited
Date Published: July 2005
Edition: New Edition

Author Biography: David Aldridge

Book Synopsis

Aldridge (qualitative research in medicine, U. of Witten-Herdecke), who has written several other books on music therapy, compiles 11 essays by European contributors for music therapists and scholars in the field. Essays center on the use of music therapy for neurological rehabilitation in cases of dementia, dialogic-degenerative diseases, traumatic brain injury, those in persistent vegetative states, multiple sclerosis, and chronic aphasia. Other chapters discuss traditional Oriental music therapy, art therapy for paraplegics, and music therapy in gesture and dialogue. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

1	Looking for the why, how and when	11
2	Gesture and dialogue : music therapy as praxis aesthetic and embodied hermeneutic	27
3	Dialogic-degenerative diseases and health as a performed aesthetic	39
4	An overview of therapeutic initiatives when working with people suffering from dementia	61
5	Music therapy in neurorehabilitation after traumatic brain injury : a literature review	83
6	Encounter with the conscious being of people in persistent vegetative state	139
7	'Swing in my brain' : active music therapy for people with multiple sclerosis	161
8	Music therapy for people with chronic aphasia : a controlled study	189
9	Traditional oriental music therapy in neurological rehabilitation	211
10	Art therapies in the primary treatment of paraplegic patients : a qualitative study	231
11	Coda	261