Music in palliative care: a qualitative study with patients suffering from cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The palliative care unit is an emotionally challenging place where patients and their families may feel at loss. Art can allow the expression of complex feelings. We aimed to examine how cancer patients hospitalized in the palliative care unit experienced a musical intervention.

Methods

We conducted a qualitative study based on semi-structured interviews. The study took place in a palliative care unit from 18 January 2017 to 17 May 2017. Two artists performed in the palliative care unit once a week from 9:30 am to 5:30 pm. The data from patient interviews were analysed based on an inductive approach to the verbatim accounts.

Results

The accounts we gathered led us to weigh the positive emotions engendered by this musical intervention against the potential d

SUBMITTER: Pommeret S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6781358 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature