Music and Cancer: A Prescription for Healing » (1E)

From Diagnosis To End-Of-Life Care To The Meaning Behind Life With Cancer, Music And Cancer: A Prescription For Healing Is Designed To Improve The Quality Of Life Of People Affected By Cancer In A Way That Could Only Be Conveyed Through The Incredible Healing Powers Of Music And The Arts. This Book Has Important Information Valuable To Patients, Caregivers, Friends, And Family Members About What To Expect When Faced With Cancer Including Dealing With The Diagnosis And Logistics Of Treatments Such As Surgery, Chemotherapy And Radiation. This Important Book Addresses A Wide Range Of Issues Taking Into Consideration The Complete Care Of The Cancer Patient.

Contributors xi

About the Author xiii

Foreword Fran Drescher xvii

Preface xxi

Acknowledgments xxv

Introduction: From the Top xxvii

Part I The Evolving Relationship Between Music and Medicine 1

1 Tuning Up: Music-Older than Written History-As Young as Tomorrow 3

2 Music as a Science, Medicine as an Art 9

3 Music Therapy 19

4 Jazz Improvisation: An Example of Music and Medicine Working Together in Harmony 29

Part II The Music Lessons-Getting Started 39

5 Coping with the Initial Diagnosis of Cancer: The Song Writing Workshop Approach to the Grieving Process 41

6 Lessons with the Professor: A Four-Step Artistic Approach to Fighting Cancer 53

7 Lessons in Music Communication: The Woodblock Example, Your Sense of Self, and the Power of Listening in Your Life with Cancer 65

Part III The Life Lessons-Getting Comfortable 77

8 Accuracy with Smoothness 79

9 In Search of the Missing Chord 91

Part IV Practical Considerations in Music and Cancer 99

10 Don't Cross the Bar Without Me 101

11 Where's the Bridge? Keeping Perspective During Your Journey with Cancer 131

12 Either You Is or You Ain't: If You Don't Get Passionate about Your Cause, How Can You Expect Anyone Else To? 141

13 In Music, the Rests Are as Important as the Notes 149

14 Keeping Time 155

Part V Hope and the Future 177

15 The Show Must Go On 179

16 The Live Performance and the Meaning of Cancer 189

17 Finale 197

Appendix I Encore: A Message from the President of Mot?ma Music 199

Appendix II Glossary of Medical Terms 201

Appendix III Glossary of Musical Terms 203

Appendix IV Cancer Resources and Contact Information 207

Index 213