Must be the Ganja”: Using rap music in music therapy for substance use disorders

Therapeutic Uses of Rap and Hip-Hop

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 321-336

  Baker, Felicity A ^a   Dingle, Genevieve A ^a   Gleadhill, Libby M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 84918923137     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203806012     Document Type: Chapter

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