Music therapy for end-of-life care
Open Access
- 5 December 2025
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
- Vol. 2025 (12) , CD016311
Abstract
Objectives 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 careKeywords
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