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1 online resource (streaming video file) (25 min. 5 sec.) ; 151764035 bytes |
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Introduced by singer Chrissie AmphlettPeter Roberts isn't a musician who works in the public eye. He doesn't entertain or play his music on stage yet he's played to thousands of people and had a lasting impact on each and every one of them.An accomplished musician, he opted to give up a lucrative career as a businessman and retrain overseas at his own expense to become Australia's only music 'thanatologist'.It's a little-known specialty that involves playing music to ease pain and give solace to the dying. Such a job would be confronting to many, but Peter Roberts has chosen to meet Western society's taboos about death and dying head on and make his own personal contribution to a 'good death' for as many people as possible.His particular brand of music has found a receptive audience of doctors, nurses, patients and their families and the physiological benefits are now verified in a range of medical studies |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Broadcast 2010-06-14 at 20:00:00 |
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Classification: NC |
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Celebrities -- Conduct of life.
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Music thanatology.
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Music, Influence of.
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Musicians -- Psychology.
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Australia.
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Streaming video
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Author |
Amphlett, Chrissy, host
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Beresford, Judy, contributor
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Cox, Helen, contributor
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D'Cruz, Ian, contributor
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Roberts, Ellise, contributor
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Roberts, Jeanette, contributor
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Roberts, Katherine, contributor
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Roberts, Peter, contributor
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