Using Music to Reduce Noise Stress for Patients in the Emergency Department: A Pilot Study

Music & Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 201-207

  Short, Alison E ^a   Holdgate, Anna ^a,b   Ahern, Nicole ^b   Morris, Jenny ^c   Sidhu, Balwinder ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c The College of Nursing ^*  (Australia)

^d SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

Author keywords

care environment; emergency department; music; noise stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990386145     PISSN: 19438621     EISSN: 1943863X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1943862110371808     Document Type: Article

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