Bend / Central Oregon News, Sports, Business, Weather, Entertainment, Classifieds and Local & State Headlines | The Bulletin

Use Advanced Search to filter by date and category. *keyword is required in search field.
start date (MM-DD-YYYY):
 -  - 
end date (MM-DD-YYYY):
 -  - 
category:
Archive Home > 2009 > July > 26 > At hospitals, specially trained harpists comfort the dying

At hospitals, specially trained harpists comfort the dying

It’s called music-thanatology, and it’s been around for centuries, with a program newly started at Lane Community College

By Joseph B. Frazier / The Bulletin
July 26, 2009

SPRINGFIELD — In a white-walled hospital room, pancreatic cancer slowly drained all the life that remained in Carolyn.

There was nothing more to do for this 62-year-old woman — no oxygen or other life support, just a morphine drip to keep her as comfortable as possible.

That,....

Read complete article

Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.