Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-290) and indexes.
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Looking for the why, how and when / David Aldridge -- Gesture and dialogue : music therapy as praxis aesthetic and embodied hermeneutic / David Aldridge -- Dialogic-degenerative diseases and health as a performed aesthetic / David Aldridge -- An overview of therapeutic initiatives when working with people suffering from dementia / Hanne Mette Ridder -- Music therapy in neurorehabilitation with after traumatic brain injury : a literature review / Simon K. Gilbertson -- Encounter with the conscious being of people in persistent vegetative state / Ansgar Herkenrath -- 'Swing in my brain' : active music therapy for people with multiple sclerosis / Wolfgang Schmid -- Music therapy for people with chronic aphasia : a controlled study / Monika Jungblut -- Traditional oriental music therapy in neurological rehabilitation / Gerhard Tucek -- Art therapies in the primary treatment of paraplegic patients : a qualitative study / Anke Scheel-Sailer -- Coda / David Aldridge.
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The central tenet of this innovative collection is that identity can be regarded as a performance, achieved through and in dialogue with others. The authors show that where neuro-degenerative disease restricts movement, communication and thought processes and impairs the sense of self, music therapy is an effective intervention in neurological rehabilitation, successfully restoring the performance of identity within which clients can recognise themselves. It can also aid rehabilitation of clients affected by dementia, traumatic brain injury, and multiple sclerosis, among other neuro-generative.