Music therapy in adult oncology: Research issues

Journal of the Society for Integrative Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 62-66

  Hanser, Suzanne ^a,b  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Integrative medicine; Music; Music therapy; Oncology; Pain; Palliative care; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CANCER; CANCER RESEARCH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMPIRICISM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; META ANALYSIS; MOOD; MUSIC THERAPY; ONCOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

HUMANS; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; MUSIC THERAPY; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 33747296840     PISSN: 1715894X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7200.2006.003     Document Type: Review

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