Fostering Intimacy through Musical Beginnings: Exploring the Application of Communicative Musicality Through the Musical Experience of Parents in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

This paper explores the powerful role of musical moments in fostering intimacy for parents and their hospitalised infant in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Grounded in Malloch & Trevarthen’s theory of communicative musicality (2010a), a critical and contemporary perspective on this theor...

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Main Author: Elizabeth McLean
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: GAMUT - Grieg Academy Music Therapy Research Centre (NORCE & University of Bergen) 2016-04-01
Series:Voices
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Online Access:https://voices.no/index.php/voices/article/view/2315