The dataset consists of interviews on community musicians' work in Finnish health care settings. The interviews were conducted with community musicians, health care professionals, patients, people close to the patients, and other professionals in the cultural field. The data were collected as part of the ArtsEqual project funded by the Academy of Finland's Strategic Research Council (ID: 314223/2017). Additional funding was received from various private foundations, such as the Oskar Öflund Foundation, Paulo Foundation, Signe and Ane Gyllenberg Foundation, and Alfred Kordelin Foundation. The interviews examined, among other topics, the significance of the work of community musicians in health care settings such as hospitals and interactions between people through music. Patients and health care professionals were asked about their views and experiences on music performances in a hospital environment and the significance of community musicians in that setting. The musicians were asked to describe their work in a hospital environment, how they had taken up this line of work, and their views on the future of music in health care settings. Other professionals in the cultural field were asked about projects related to community music and the organisation of community music activities. Main themes in the interviews included descriptions of community music activities, multi-professional cooperation, the interviewees' own relationship with music, and interactions between people through music and arts. Background information included the interviewee's gender, age group, occupation, workplace, and region of residence. The data were organised into an easy to use HTML version at FSD. The dataset is only available in Finnish.

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