Ledger, Alison Jane(University of Limerick, Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, 2010)
Developing new services is a commonplace responsibility for music therapists worldwide. Starting a job often entails being the first music therapist in a facility, and even the first music therapist many staff and clients ...
This position paper presents a new paradigm
about the intrinsic structure and nature of arts and health practice. This paradigm
is based on a variety of research experiences over twenty ...
Hilary Moss argues for the need for accredited and on-the-job training for artists working in healthcare settings to ensure best arts and heath practice and place the work of artists in this field on an equal footing with ...
Societal structures create and maintain disparities between persons of dominant
and non-dominant status affecting all aspects of the community including healthcare
service delivery. Music therapists as healthcare providers ...
Background
This report outlines the results of a collaborative research project undertaken by Dr John
Lombard of the School of Law University of Limerick, and Age Action Ireland. The project
explored healthcare ...
Although the importance of the arts in healthcare is increasingly recognised, further research is needed to investigate the mechanisms by which arts and health programmes achieve their impact. An overview of the qualitative ...
A consortium involving The Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Incorporating the
National Children’s Hospital (AMNCH), Create and Institute of Art Design and
Technology, Dun Laoghaire (IADT) were commissioned by the Arts Council ...