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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827524903321

Titolo

Music therapy and neurological rehabilitation : performing health / / edited by David Aldridge

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Kingsley Publishers, 2005

ISBN

1-280-34946-8

9786610349463

1-84642-138-1

Edizione

[1st American pbk. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AldridgeDavid <1947->

Disciplina

615.8/5154

Soggetti

Music therapy

Neurobehavioral disorders - Patients - Rehabilitation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Music Therapyand Neurological Rehabilitation:Performing Health; Contents; 1Looking for the Why,How and When; 2Gesture and Dialogue:Music Therapy as Praxis Aestheticand Embodied Hermeneutic; 3Dialogic-Degenerative Diseases andHealth as a Performed Aesthetic; 4An Overview of TherapeuticInitiatives when Working with PeopleSuffering from Dementia; 5Music Therapy in NeurorehabilitationAfter Traumatic Brain Injury:A Literature Review; 6Encounter with the ConsciousBeing of People in PersistentVegetative State; 7'Swing in My Brain':Active Music Therapy for Peoplewith Multiple Sclerosis

8Music Therapy for Peoplewith Chronic Aphasia:A Controlled Study9Traditional Oriental Music Therapyin Neurological Rehabilitation; 10Art Therapies in the PrimaryTreatment of Paraplegic Patients:A Qualitative Study; 11Coda; REFERENCES; THE CONTRIBUTORS; SUBJECT INDEX; AUTHOR INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

The authors show that where neuro-degenerative disease restricts movement, communication and thought processes and impairs the sense of self, music therapy is an effective intervention in neurological rehabilitation, successfully restoring the performance of identity within which clients can recognise themselves.