Music therapy in palliative care.
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.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001293:Attitude to Death; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009147:Music Therapy; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000523:psychology*; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000523:psychology*