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<p>Database: Cases and Data.</p>
Monique Bussmann (22941705)
Marieke Groot (5594768)
Chris Kuiper (25316779)
Mieke Cardol (25316782)
Cell Biology
Neuroscience
Biotechnology
Evolutionary Biology
Mental Health
pay greater attention
insufficient sustainable support
case study exploring
among involved professionals
foster connective experiences
primarily examine music
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positive impact appears
case study focusing
three healthcare settings
impact connective experiences
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connective experiences
study focuses
positive sense
care professionals
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threats posed
themes comprise
professional level
performative music
paper presents
overarching construct
open observations
open interviews
negative sense
findings demonstrate
examined ethnographically
ethnographic multi
care recipients
broader organization
auditory stimulus
artistic nature
actively addressing
19 subthemes
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<p>Background</p><p>This paper presents an ethnographic multi-case study exploring how musical encounters in healthcare contribute to experiences of connection, focusing on the perspectives of care professionals and musicians. In addition to studies on music in healthcare that primarily examine music as an auditory stimulus and its effects on care recipients, this study focuses on performative music and considers its impact on the professional level and within the broader organization as well.</p>
<p>Methods</p><p>A variety of musical encounters were observed in three healthcare settings. The encounters were examined ethnographically by open observations and open interviews, enhanced by an elicitation technique.</p>
<p>Results</p><p>Inductive analysis revealed two major themes: <i>threshold experiences</i> and <i>connective experiences</i>, organized across three levels: within the musical encounters, among involved professionals, and within the broader organization. These themes comprise a total of 19 subthemes. <i>Precariousness</i> emerged as an overarching construct, articulating the dynamics between threshold and connective experiences. These findings demonstrate that musical encounters have the potential to foster connective experiences. However, the occurrence of positive impact appears to be precarious, and this precariousness is twofold: In a positive sense, it reflects the delicacy of the process within the musical encounters, due to their artistic nature. In a negative sense, it highlights the vulnerability of musical encounters, arising from insufficient sustainable support at the organizational level.</p>
<p>Conclusions</p><p>To strengthen the potential of musical encounters in healthcare to impact connective experiences, it is recommended to pay greater attention to their precarious nature – by cherishing the delicacy of the encounters themselves, while actively addressing the threats posed on the organizational level.</p></div>
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10.1371/journal.pone.0359306.t002
https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/_p_Database_Cases_and_Data_p_/34071589
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