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Family members' views on the benefits
of harp music vigils for terminally ill
or dying loved ones.

By Ganzini, Rakoski, Cohn and Mularski. Journal of Palliative and Supportive Care. October 2013.

Abstract © Cambridge University Press 2013

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For the Dying, Music can be Magic

How music can transform the dying experience for patients and their caregivers. By jennifer L. Hollis and The John A. Hartford Foundation.

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Music in the time of dying

"Harp strings resonate with heartbeats. The notes of SacredFlight take death from silence to something beyond words, the gift of women determined to help people find comfort at life's end." By Inara Verzemnieks, The Sunday Oregonian.
Posted January 14, 2007.

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Concert shows art of music
to soothe the dying

The music-thanatologists of SacredFlight display skills they use in easing the
transition to death.
By Inara Verzemnieks, The Oregonian. Posted November 30, 2006.

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Music and Being: Reflections of a
music-thanatologist.

By Sharilyn Cohn. Reprinted with permission from Supportive Voice, published by Supportive Care of the Dying:
A Coalition for Compassionate Care.
Volume 10, Number 1. page 24.Supportive Care Coalition

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