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Music at the end of life: bringing comfort and saying goodbye through song and story

Most people understand the positive impact of music in their lives, but they may not realize that music can have a therapeutic effect for a wide array of clinical conditions, with these effects going well beyond the “enjoyment” factor that music brings in all its various formats and methods of presentation.

For individuals in the later stages of life, especially when in need of palliative, long-term, or hospice care, music may offer another important modality of clinical intervention that may provide comfort and emotional satisfaction to those susceptible to its effects.

Practitioners working in these care settings generally become adept at manipulating medications to achieve…

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