Music, Noise, and the Environment of Care: History, Theory, and Practice

Music & Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 182-191

  Mazer, Susan E ^a  

^a Healing HealthCare Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

acoustics; Florence Nightingale; healing environments; hospital noise; music therapy; NICU

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990354047     PISSN: 19438621     EISSN: 1943863X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1943862110372773     Document Type: Review

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