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IS MUSIC MEDICINE?

Have you heard of threshold singers or invited singers to a bedside? We who sing at bedsides see the power of music at every visit. Susan...

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NO ONE WITHOUT SONG: THE GIFT OF MUSIC

Have you heard of bedside singing? Threshold choirs? Hospice choirs? Not many have. Many many more need to. These singers—of whom I am...

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My Book Won Gold!

So proud and honored that The Courage to Care: Being Fully Present with the Dying won first place in its genre and was recognized with a...

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TV Breaks Through When You Can't

TONIGHT on Magnum P.I. (CBS, 9EST) Tom Selleck’s character remains at the bedside, so a veteran need not die alone. Use the show as a...

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YOU ARE MORE THAN A SAD STORY

Too often, when someone is sick, they stop being a person and become a sad story, which is why I’d encourage you to write your own...

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Do You Talk about the Dead?

When you die—and you definitely will—do you care if you are forgotten? (Now, be honest about this.) Perhaps this is on my mind because...