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A 12 page discussion of the potential benefits of music therapy in reducing pain and anxiety associated with varied medical procedures and conditions. This paper emphasizes that while music therapy can be a tremendously positive factor in patient well being, music therapy opens up a whole gamut of considerations which must be given specific attention to ensure that the outcome is more positive than negative. Music therapy is considerably more complex than grabbing a CD off the shelf and plugging it in. Bibliography lists 16 sources.
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12 pages (~225 words per page)
File: AM2_PPnrsMus.rtf
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The question as to whether music therapy is an effective nonpharmacological means of relieving patient anxiety and pain is quite controversial. Some medical professionals find no value
in music therapy. Others insist, however, that music therapy can be among the most effective nonpharmacological means of reducing pain and anxiety. McCaffrey (2002), for example, contends:
"Music has demonstrated effectiveness in reducing pain, decreasing anxiety, and increasing relaxation. In addition, music has
been used as a process to distract persons from unpleasant sensations and empower them with the ability to heal from within".
Under this contention, the patient presenting with severe back pain or practically any other type of pain can benefit from music therapy and
such therapy serves as a compliment to pharmacological interventions. Obviously, such intervention could be of tremendous benefit in that pain and anxiety can be contended to be two of
the major psychosocial and physiological stresses impacting patient well-being. Music therapy opens up a whole gamut of considerations, however, which must be given specific attention to ensure that the
outcome is more positive than negative. If indeed found to be effective, the introduction of music therapy could be of tremendous benefit in
a number of medical settings. One of the most deserving of these settings is that involving procedures performed with elderly patients. The elderly all too often fall through
the cracks in regard to our understanding of, and appropriate intervention in, the pain which all too often is an integral component of their ever waking hour. The intent
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