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Music Therapist Ann Minton of the Upstate Golisano Children's Hospital explains music's universal, almost magical, power to soothe young patients and support the healing process.

Health Information Center Resources for Music Therapy:

• American Music Therapy Association (AMTA).
• Fact Sheets and Bibliographies, from Research from AMTA.
• Examples of Music Therapy (audio clips), from Sound Feelings.
• Music Therapy, article from the American Cancer Society.
• Music Therapy. from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. You may need to accept the Disclaimer and Terms for using web site.
• Music Rx, from the Children’s Cancer Association.
• PubMed Database - Search for abstracts and some free full text articles, from the National Library of Medicine.
• Music Therapy in Hospice and Palliative Care: a Review of the Empirical Data, from PubMed Central. Evidence Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2005 June; volume 2(2): 173–178.
• Complementary and Alternative Medicine Approaches for Pediatric Pain: A Review of the State-of-the-science. Evidence Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2005 June; volume 2(2): 149–159.

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