Delivering a Music Intervention in a Randomized Controlled Trial Involving Older People With Dementia: Musician Experiences and Reflections

Music & Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 214-218

  Harrison, Scott ^a   Cooke, Marie ^a   Moyle, Wendy ^a   Shum, David ^a   Murfield, Jenny ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

music protocol; musicians; qualitative; randomized controlled trial; training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990338789     PISSN: 19438621     EISSN: 1943863X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1943862110374961     Document Type: Article

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