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Case Reports
. 1978 Nov 4;119(9):1029-34.

Music therapy in palliative care

S Munro, B Mount
Case Reports

Music therapy in palliative care

S Munro et al. Can Med Assoc J. .

Abstract

Initial observations regarding the use of music therapy at one hospital in the palliative care of patients with advanced malignant disease are presented. In the hands of a trained music therapist, music has proven to be a potent tool for improving the quality of life. The diversity of its potential is particularly suited to the deversity of the challenges - physical, psychosocial and spiritual - that these patients present.

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