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1 online resource (159 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-152) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Traumatic brain injury and rehabilitation -- Music therapy with people who have experienced traumatic brain injury: what the literature says -- Therapeutic narrative analysis: how we look at cases -- Bert's story: changing perspectives: identifying and realizing communicative potential in early isolated states -- Neil's story: from distress and agitation to humour and joy: the creation of a dialogue -- Mark's story: a fusion of two worlds: physical dependency and creative partnership -- The narrative explicated. |
| Summary |
Musical improvisation is an increasingly recognised rehabilitative therapy for people who have experienced traumatic brain injury initially thought to be 'unreachable' or 'non-responsive'. Music Therapy and Traumatic Brain Injury demonstrates how music therapy can be used to attend to the holistic, rather than purely functional, needs of people affected by severe head trauma. Divided into three parts, the first section provides an introduction to the effects brain injury has on a person's livelihood. The second is a comprehensive review of available literature on the use of music therapy in th. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Brain damage -- Patients -- Rehabilitation -- Case studies.
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Brain damage -- Patients -- Rehabilitation. |
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Case studies.
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| Subject |
Music therapy -- Case studies.
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Music therapy. |
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Brain Injuries. |
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Music Therapy. |
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Case Reports.
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Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Aldridge, David, 1947-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gilbertson, Simon. Music therapy and traumatic brain injury. London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2008 9781843106654 1843106655 (DLC) 2008004133 (OCoLC)191751635 |
| ISBN |
9781846428289 (electronic book) |
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1846428289 (electronic book) |
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1281782564 |
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9781281782564 |
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1843106655 (Paper) |
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9781843106654 |
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