“What do you need? And how can I help?” The role of music and music therapy in chronic pain

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  • Hilary Moss Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick,
  • Katie Fitzpatrick Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland & Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, University of Limerick Hospitals Group, Limerick, Ireland

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https://doi.org/10.47513/mmd.v15i2.939

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In 2004, I (Hilary) started my first job as music therapist in a pain team at a large acute hospital in Dublin, Ireland. Working alongside a Consultant Anaesthetist, specialist physio-therapists, occupational therapists, and psychologists, I tentatively found my feet. I met people living with chronic pain, and so began a journey of research and practice led by the service user experience...

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2023-04-30

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##issue.vol## 15 ##issue.no## 2 (2023): April 2023

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Editorial