Music as a method of coping with cancer: A qualitative study among cancer patients in Sweden

Arts and Health

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 152-165

  Ahmadi, Fereshteh ^a  

^a Social work and Psychology   (Sweden)

Author keywords

cancer; cheerful music; coping; hard and heavy music; music of nature; religious music

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879129804     PISSN: 17533015     EISSN: 17533023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17533015.2013.780087     Document Type: Article

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