Music therapy in supportive cancer care
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Music therapy in supportive cancer care.
The purpose of this paper is to show some aspects of music therapy application in cancer care and to present the integration of music therapy program into a continuous supportive cancer care for inpatients. A cancer diagnosis is one of the most feared and serious life events that causes stress in individuals and families. Cancer disrupts social, physical and emotional well-being and results in ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Reports of Practical Oncology & Radiotherapy
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1507-1367
DOI: 10.1016/j.rpor.2011.04.005