The roots of music therapy : towards an indigenous research paradigm

Journal/Book: New York University. 1991; Ann Arbor, Mich.. Umi. xii, 460.

Abstract: The prevailing, traditional research philosophy is inadequate to deal with the most important questions to the practicing clinician such as the source of the music therapist's clinical music and the interaction between the meaning of this music and therapeutic growth. The result is a schism between research and practice that renders research irrelevant to the majority of working clinicians. Consequently, a new conceptual foundation for research needs to be established that will ensure its relevancy to actual clinical practice. The philosophy of science guiding traditional research is explicated and critiqued in terms of its adequacy for investigating clinical practice. A new conceptual foundation is offered that will support research efforts geared to uncovering the inner mechanisms of creative clinical practice. (author)

Note: Thesis (doctoral)-- Facsimile ed.

Keyword(s): Music therapy.

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