Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987)
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The therapeutic use of music in hospitals has been explored within the context of highly specific situations. Here, the author explores the place of music in improving the general ambience of the clinical scene, and investigates the sometimes conflicting results from research into its physiological benefits to patients. Music in hospitals, he argues, is an area ripe for further exploration.
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Palliative care services have traditionally tended to concentrate on the needs of patients with cancer. The philosophy of Yorkshire Health is to extend those services to all people with life-threatening diseases. The progress in service provision which has taken place in the region is described, but work still needs to be done in training professionals to provide the appropriate level of skilled care to patients in hospitals, hospices and community.