palliative care patients benefit from unique music therapy project, study finds
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 - 10:00
in Health & Medicine
As people face a terminal illness and are confined to a hospital bed or hospice room, music can provide a great source of solace. North American healthcare professionals have increasingly recognized the benefits of music therapy in palliative care, since end-of-life treatment is designed to meet the psychosocial, physical and spiritual needs of patients.