title: [Music as a resource in care for hospitalized children: a possible intervention?].
abstract: This bibliographic study involved the Medline and LILACS databases as well as non-systematized searches and covered the period from 1994 to 2004. We aimed to analyze the bibliographic production on pediatric nursing and music, in order to identify current knowledge in this area. Our analysis revealed 3 units of meaning: the setting, interventions and repercussions. The results disclose the benefits music can offer to hospitalized children, their family members and health teams. We observed that music can be used in hospitals as a low-cost, nonpharmacological and noninvasive intervention, promoting development processes with a view to the health of children, families and workers.
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Ribeirão Preto, SP.
authors.forename: Caroline Cristina Moreira
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: Patrícia Pereira
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Remedi
authors.forename: Regina Aparecida Garcia
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: de Lima
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002673:Child, Hospitalized; D006801:Humans; D009147:Music Therapy; D010371:Pediatric Nursing