Does music Reduce postoperative pain? A review

Health Science Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 365-377

  Economidou, Electra ^a   Klimi, Amalia ^b   Vivilaki, Victoria G ^c   Lykeridou, Katerina ^c  

^a Independent Midwife   (Greece)

^b HELENA VENIZELOU HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Music therapy; Non pharmacological methods; Pain relief; Post operative pain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863840569     PISSN: 11087366     EISSN: 1791809X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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