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Music has remarkable powers to heal and bring comfort to those in the final stages of life, even to many who are comatose. "Lullabies For The End Of Life" is a program that describes the tireless work of two women at the forefront of bringing music to the bedsides of the terminally ill. Therese Schroeder-Sheker is a medieval scholar, harp player, music professor, founder of the Chalice of Repose, and academic dean of the School of Music Thanatology in Oregon. Kate Munger is the founder and director of the Threshold Choir in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Music has remarkable powers to heal and bring comfort to those in the final stages of life, even to many who are comatose. "Lullabies For The End Of Life" is a program that describes the tireless work of two women at the forefront of bringing music to the bedsides of the terminally ill. Therese Schroeder-Sheker is a medieval scholar, harp player, music professor, founder of the Chalice of Repose, and academic dean of the School of Music Thanatology in Oregon. Kate Munger is the founder and director of the Threshold Choir in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Lullabies For The End Of Life
Intro: Imagine you're on your death bed. You have only months or weeks left to live. The doctors have told you "There's nothing more we can do for you." That was a standard response as recently as ten years ago and many patients without families were left to die alone in hospital rooms. Those responses and attitudes are starting to change, with the growing awareness that much more can be done to bring comfort care and healing to those in the final stages of life. One of the most effective therapies is music, a form of comfort care that was used at the bedside in medieval times, but fell out of favor centuries ago. In this program "Lullabies For The End Of Life" produced by JoAnn Mar, we hear from some of the women leading grassroots efforts to return music to the dying process.
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Martin Nemko
Posted on July 06, 2011 at 02:34 PM | Permalink
I am moved
I hear more and more stories of the impotence, indeed, damaging effect of medical science, especially at the end of life. Music of the type described here adds to the quality of life for the people at minimal cost, no side effects, and, as was emphasized in this video, a manifestation of courtesy and non-invasive intimacy. Thank you, JoAnn.