Abstract
Music as a healing symbol and source has been known since the days of David and Saul, but awareness of music therapy and its benefits to palliative care patients is only just starting to emerge within the current debate about broadening palliative care services. In recognition of its creative and holistic ability to reduce physical, emotional, social and spiritual distress, music therapy services are increasingly being incorporated into palliative care programmes throughout the world. The purpose of this paper is to outline the definition and indications for music therapy in palliative care, and to briefly illustrate the various music therapy techniques adopted to relieve suffering and facilitate change and self-transformation within the dying process.
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