The panel: Dr. Aaron McKim, Clinical Chief for Long Term Care, Eastern Health, family doctor; Dr. Jane Gosine, Music, Memorial University; and Dr. Fern Brunger, Health Care Ethics, Memorial Universit.

This panel discusses on-going research on the impact that cultural dimensions of expression, belief and experience have on human health and well-being. Two panelists present work on music in relation to memory, mobility, and psychological marginalization. The third reports on some non-western cultural approaches to health, approaches that raise important issues for biomedical practitioners as well as those in anthropology, ethnomusicology or other social sciences.