Abstract Music therapists working in pediatric hospital settings share common professional challenges relating to role ambiguity, workload burden, and advocacy. A key contributing factor is the problem of articulating the role of music therapists in clinical care along the different stages of a patient’s hospital and health journey. This may result in delayed or inappropriate referrals, subsequently impacting timeliness and effectiveness of music therapy care delivery to those that may derive the most benefit. A psychosocially-oriented model of care framework offers an approach to conceptualizing pediatric music therapy service provision by clarifying distinctions between music therapy supports to address broad-ranging needs.
Swaney et al. (Tue,) studied this question.