Music in a Hospital Setting: A Multifaceted Experience
Journal
British Journal of Music Education
Year
2004
Abstract
The article offers an explanation of the effects of music on children within a hospital setting and points up the multifaceted nature of this experience. The nature of the client group allows the musical experience to work on many different levels, such as modifying the child's perception of pain and reducing stress, whilst at the same time having an integral educational element that supports musical development. The evidence base is drawn from an extensive review of the music/medicine literature, interfaced with the first author's experience over many years as a participant musician in a paediatric oncology ward.
Music and Health Institute Terms
Cancer; Children; Hospital Setting; Hospitalized Patients; Mental Health; Music Listening; Music Medicine; Pain; Pain Management and Control; Recorded Music Listening; Stress
Indexed Terms
Hospitals; Children; Stress Management; Pain; Oncology; Pediatrics; Musicians; Music Education; Medicine
Study Type
Editorials, Opinions, Position Papers
PubMed ID
EJ1073467
Document Type
Article
Recommended Citation
Preti, C., & Welch, G. F. (2004). Music in a Hospital Setting: A Multifaceted Experience. British Journal of Music Education, 21 (3), 329-345. Retrieved from https://remix.berklee.edu/mhi-music-pain-articles/280