title: An introduction to music therapy: helping the oncology patient in the ICU.
abstract: Oncology and critical care patients have unique and complex problems. With the explosion of technology and advances in medicine, many intensive care units are seeing an increase in oncology patients. Intensive care units are stressful and frightening; music therapy is a noninvasive holistic approach to bridging the gap between oncology patients and intensive care units.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Johnston
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rohaly-Davis
mesh_terms: D018939:Holistic Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D009147:Music Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology