Music Therapy in Pediatric Palliative Care: Complementing the Interdisciplinary Approach

Child life specialists (CLS) are trained providers who form part of a pediatric multidisciplinary and pediatric palliative care team. Their role is invaluable to mitigate the stress and anxiety of children during hospitalization. They may use various strategies in children like play, art and music therapy and pet therapy, to help self-express and cope with painful procedures.We present a brief narrative on CLS with a case of a 10- year- old Hispanic boy who had metastatic osteosarcoma.The case illustration is from a prior institute that one of the coauthors was associated with.

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Symptom management in pediatric palliative care

Oxford Textbook of Palliative Nursing ◽

10.1093/med/9780199332342.003.0156 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 837-850

Author(s):

Melody Brown Hellsten ◽

Stacey Berg

Keyword(s):

Palliative Care ◽

Children And Adolescents ◽

Symptom Management ◽

Disease Process ◽

Interdisciplinary Approach ◽

Underlying Disease ◽

Pediatric Palliative Care ◽

Medical Conditions ◽

Family Needs ◽

Pain Symptoms

This chapter focuses on issues related to the assessment and management of common non-pain symptoms in children and adolescents with complex medical conditions in the advanced and terminal stages. Suffering from uncontrolled symptoms can be prevented by knowledge of the child‘s underlying disease process, thorough assessment of the child and family for sources of suffering, advocacy for child and family needs, and the use of an interdisciplinary approach to management that includes appropriate pharmacological and nonpharmacological interventions.

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Integrating music therapy into pediatric palliative care

Progress in Palliative Care ◽

10.1179/0969926013z.00000000082 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 21 (3) ◽

pp. 193-193

Author(s):

Laura J. Duda

Keyword(s):

Palliative Care ◽

Music Therapy ◽

Pediatric Palliative Care

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Integrating music therapy into pediatric palliative care

Progress in Palliative Care ◽

10.1179/1743291x13y.0000000049 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 21 (2) ◽

pp. 65-77

Author(s):

Laura J. Duda

Keyword(s):

Palliative Care ◽

Music Therapy ◽

Pediatric Palliative Care

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An Integrative Approach to Music Therapy in Pediatric Palliative Care

Journal of Palliative Care ◽

10.1177/082585971403000308 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 30 (3) ◽

pp. 179-187 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Beth A. Clark ◽

Harold Siden ◽

Lynn Straatman

Keyword(s):

Palliative Care ◽

Music Therapy ◽

Pediatric Palliative Care ◽

Integrative Approach

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Using reflexive tools for coping and bringing closure in pediatric palliative care: A music therapist’s story of working with a terminally ill child.

Voices A World Forum for Music Therapy ◽

10.15845/voices.v11i3.287 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Maeve Rigney

Keyword(s):

Palliative Care ◽

Music Therapy ◽

Coping Skills ◽

Terminally Ill ◽

Young Girl ◽

Pediatric Palliative Care ◽

Terminal Cancer ◽

Music Therapist ◽

Her Family ◽

Personal Reflections

This paper outlines the therapeutic journey of a newly qualified music therapist and a young girl with terminal cancer. As well as describing the clinical sessions with this young girl and her family, it includes personal reflections from the journal of the therapist, used as a method of self-review and clarification of thoughts and feelings following each session. The aim of this paper is to narrate the music therapy journey with Tina * from the music therapist's perspective, and to share my thoughts and feelings on coping while working with terminally ill children. In addition to outlining the significance of using reflexive tools for this type of work as a way to improve coping skills and to work more effectively when the future with your client is uncertain, I hope to encourage further others to share their work in pediatric palliative care.

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