Podcast
Podcasts can be a great way for sharing information as well as a great way to connect with far-reaching audiences and can provide a sense of community for people with shared interests.
In this podcast, we will talk about bereavement by sharing with you some of the work and learning our team is involved in, as well as hearing from our guests who will share their own thoughts and reflections on bereavement. Our purpose is to put people at the heart of bereavement care combined with a values-based aim to support health and social care staff to do that for the people in their care.
The podcasts deal with issues related to death and bereavement and were created for health and social care staff: caution is advised for those who are not health and social care staff as some may find the themes upsetting.
Please note the views and perspectives expressed by guests on the podcast do not necessarily represent those of NES.
Latest episode
In this episode, Dr Clare Tucker talks to Giorgos Tsiris, Music Therapy Professor, Queen Margaret University / Director of Education, Research and Creative Arts at St Columba’s Hospice Care, Edinburgh, Dr Tracey McConnell, Lecturer in chronic illness and palliative care / Honorary Marie Curie Research Fellow, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen's University Belfast and Dr Lisa Graham Wisner, Reader in Health Psychology, Queen's University Belfast / Chartered Psychologist and Associate Fellow, British Psychological Society.
The guests share what music therapy is, what happens in a music therapy session and the role that music therapy can play in bereavement and palliative care.
You can listen to the episode on Spotify or listen below.
A transcript for this podcast can be found here.
Access the resources / publications mentioned in this podcast:
- British Association for Music Therapy (BAMT)
- Graham-Wisener, L., & McConnell, T. (2024). Music therapy could help manage the pain of bereavement. The Conversation.
- ‘GRESCO Agape’ - A songwriting project for change, loss and grief (video resource). A chapter regarding this songwriting project is also available: Tsiris, G. (2024) ‘“GRESCO Agape” – An international songwriting project for hospice patients and school children’, in C. Dileo and M. Baroni (eds) Music therapy at the end of life. Second edition. Jeffrey Books.
- Musical care at the end of life (video resource)
- The Bereavement Charter for Adults and Children in Scotland