• Melissa Srolovitz, Jennifer Borgwardt, Moreen Burkart, Amy Clements-Cortes, Johanna Czamanski-Cohen, Mabel Ortiz Guzman, Molly G Hicks, Girija Kaimal, Lindsay Lederman, Jordan S Potash, Sarah Yazdian Rubin, Daniel Stafford, Angela Wibben, Michèle Wood, Jean Youngwerth, Christopher A Jones, and Ian B Kwok.
• Penn Medicine Hospice, Penn Medicine at Home, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, USA.
• J Palliat Med. 2022 Jan 1; 25 (1): 135-144.

AbstractPalliative care is provided by an interdisciplinary team, including physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, social workers, chaplains, and other disciplines based on need. Music therapists and art therapists are becoming increasingly available to palliative care teams and are advancing the diverse and unique clinical services available to effectively meet the holistic needs of patients with serious illnesses and their families. This article provides a concrete exploration of clinical music therapy and art therapy within palliative care and hospice paradigms, with discussion of therapists' training and expertise, therapeutic approaches within the setting of interprofessional team-based care, and discussion of evidence-based symptom management and outcomes supporting the inclusion of music and art therapies within medical education and clinical employment.

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