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Organizations
Art for Recovery, UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center. http://cc.ucsf.edu/afr/projects.html
The Healing Music Organization
http://www.healingmusic.org
Programs
The Music for Healing and Transition Program. A National Certification Program for Musicians and Music Students who wish to become Music Practitioners. MHTP prepares musicians to serve the ill, the dying, and all those who may benefit by providing music as a service to create healing environments. MHTP, 22 West End Road, Hillsdale, NY 12529
http://www.mhtp.org
Other Resources
Books
Benson, Stella. The Healing Musician - A Guide to Playing Healing Music at the Bedside.
Seattle: NewGrail Media, 1999
Borysenko, Joan. The Power of the Mind to Heal.
Carson, CA: Hay House, 1994
Campbell, Don (ed). Music, Physician for Times to Come.
Wheaton, IL: Quest Books,1991
Campbell, Don (ed.). Music and Miracles. Wheaton, IL: Quest Books,1992
Campbell, Don. The Mozart Effect —Tapping the Power of Music to Heal the Body, Strengthen the Mind, and Unlock the Creative Spirit.
New York: Avon Books, 1997.
Gaynor, Mitchell L. M.D. Sounds of Healing — A Physician Reveals the Therapeutic Power of Sound, Voice, and Music.
New York: Broadway Books, 1999
Lane, Deforia. Music as Medicine. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1994
Journals
Pat Moffitt Cook (ed.). Open Ear Journal — Dedicated to Sound and Music in Healing and Education. Bainbridge Island, WA: 2000
Articles
Devlin, Mary. "Music and Healing," Early Music America, Vol. 5, No. 3, Fall 1999.
Gentile, Norma & Hadidian, Eileen. "Music and Healing II: Reflections and Resources," Early Music America, Vol. 5, No. 4, Winter 1999-2000.
Leviton, Richard. "Healing Vibrations,"
Yoga Journal, Jan-Feb. 1994.
Riley, Laurie. "Music Heals," The Music for Healing and Transition Program, Hillsdale, NY.
Schroeder-Sheker, Therese. "Music for the Dying: A Personal Account of the New Field of Music Thanatology - History, Theories, and Clinical Narratives," ADVANCES: The Journal of Mind-Body Health, Vol. 9, No. 1, Winter 1993.
Websites
www.sound-remedies.com
A resource specializing in sonic solutions for health, learning and productivity. Maintains an online catalogue of audio products to enhance health and well being. Links to latest research in psychoacoustic music and sound application.
www.gaynoroncology.com
This site has a wealth of information on integrative cancer care and the use of healing music. Mitchell Gaynor is a highly respected mainstream New York oncologist who uses Tibetan bowls and chanting with his patients.
www.ucsfhealth.org/adult
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Art for Recovery, located at UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion, is dedicated to enabling people to express what they are feeling through their own creativity as part of a healing process. Family members, partners and friends may participate as well as create their own art relating to a loved one's illness.
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