A Prescription for Music Lessons

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Editorial

Debra Shipman. Fed Pract. 2016 Feb.

. 2016 Feb;33(2):9-12.

¹ is a nurse educator at the Salem VAMC in Virginia. She is a piano student at the Performing Arts Institute of Virginia in Blacksburg.

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Conflict of interest statement

Author disclosures The author reports no actual or potential conflicts of interest with regard to this article.

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