The Responses of Hospitalized Medical Patients to Music Therapy

The general medical hospital offers un usually varied opportunities for music therapy. Patients coping with severe ill ness or injury often have both psycho logical and physical needs that can be ministered to by a music therapist. Des pite this potential, the practice of music therapy in a medical setting has been ex tremely limited. This article, a report of a questionnaire study of the effects of music therapy on hospitalized medical patients, is intended as a first step toward reversing that trend.