Music Among Family Carers of People With Life-Threatening Cancer

Music & Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-55

  O’callaghan, Clare C ^a,b   Hudson, Peter ^a,c,d   Fiona, McDermott ^e   Zalcberg, John R ^a,c  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

cancer; family caregivers; music; self care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990353569     PISSN: 19438621     EISSN: 1943863X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1943862110390821     Document Type: Article

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