Exit Music: The Experience of Music Therapy within Medical Assistance in Dying.

MAiD assisted dying end of life music therapy palliative care phenomenology qualitative

Journal

Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)
ISSN: 2227-9032
Titre abrégé: Healthcare (Basel)
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101666525

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
10 Sep 2020
Historique:
received: 16 08 2020
revised: 02 09 2020
accepted: 03 09 2020
entrez: 15 9 2020
pubmed: 16 9 2020
medline: 16 9 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Since the 2015 Canadian legalization of medical assistance in dying (MAiD), many Canadian music therapists have become involved in the care of those requesting this procedure. This qualitative study, the first of its kind, examines the experience of music therapy within MAiD, exploring lived experience from three perspectives: the patient, their primary caregiver, and the music therapist/researcher. Overall thematic findings of a hermeneutic phenomenological analysis of ten MAiD cases demonstrate therapeutically beneficial outcomes in terms of quality of life, symptom management, and life review. Further research is merited to continue an exploration of the role of music therapy in the context of assisted dying.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32927626
pii: healthcare8030331
doi: 10.3390/healthcare8030331
pmc: PMC7551927
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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Auteurs

SarahRose Black (S)

Department of Supportive Care, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON M5G2M9, Canada.
Kensington Hospice, Kensington Health, Toronto, ON M5S2L1, Canada.

Lee Bartel (L)

Faculty of Music, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S2C5, Canada.

Gary Rodin (G)

Department of Supportive Care, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON M5G2M9, Canada.
Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S1A8, Canada.

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