Reflecting on the author's experiences as a music-thanatologist, Jennifer Hollis's "Music at the End of Life: Easing the Pain and Preparing the Passage" is an enlightening and emotional examination of the ways in which the experience of dying can be transformed with music.

"Music at the End of Life" highlights the unique role music has come to play in hospice and palliative medicine. Jennifer Hollis interweaves narrative memoir, the personal experiences of fellow music-thanatologists and caregivers, and extensive research to demonstrate the transformative power of music when curing is...