"A quiet still voice that just touches": Music's relevance for adults living with life-threatening cancer diagnoses

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1037-1047

  O'Callaghan, Clare C ^a,e,f,g   McDermott, Fiona ^b   Michael, Natasha ^c   Daveson, Barbara A ^d   Hudson, Peter L ^e,h   Zalcberg, John R ^e,f  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CABRINI INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^h QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Music; Music therapy; Palliative care; Self care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; LIFE THREAT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SKIN CANCER; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; THEORETICAL SAMPLE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; MUSIC THERAPY; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE;

EID: 84895873934     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-013-2059-1     Document Type: Article

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