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Music therapy for end-of-life care
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Music therapy for end-of-life care

Jose A Calvache, Daniela Collazos Girón, Isabela Bolaños, Joke Bradt, Cheryl Dileo and Markus Klimek
Cochrane database of systematic reviews, v 12, CD016311
05 Dec 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD016311
PMID: 41347622
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https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12679691/View
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Abstract

Humans Music Therapy - methods Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic Terminal Care - methods Terminal Care - psychology
This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows: To evaluate the benefits and harms of standard care combined with music therapy for the management of physical symptoms and psychosocial outcomes in individuals receiving end-of-life care, compared with (a) standard care alone or (b) standard care plus other non-music interventions To evaluate the relative benefits and harms of different types of music therapy interventions (e.g. music listening, songwriting, or improvisation as part of a structured therapeutic process) for the management of physical symptoms and psychosocial outcomes in individuals receiving end-of-life care.

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