Proceedings, Oxford, UK (2002) - World Federation of Music Therapy

OBJECTIVES:
The prime objective is:
Improving the mood – happiness in opposition to sadness - of children
with cancer resulting in better acceptance of the treatment.
The specific objectives are:
• Giving the children the opportunity to feel and express their emotions
with music;
• Helping the children to face the troubles caused by chemotherapy and
radiotherapy;
• Providing the children with relaxing moments and to set them free of
tensions;
• Giving them the opportunity to share friendly contacts in delightful
moments;
• Using music as an element to make the hospitalization less
threatening.
Target Population: newborn to 15-year old children admitted in the
Hospital S. Lucas of the Catholic University of RGS, Brazil.
These children are attended either at the nursing room under Public
Health Care Services or at other nursing rooms under private health care
services.
The covered areas are: the states of Rio Grande do Sul and Santa
Catarina, Brazil.
MATERIAL AND METHODS
On Tuesday mornings, I have a meeting with the medical staff of the
Pediatrics Department and with the staff of the Children and Adolescents
Human Rights Committee of which I am a member. Then, I get
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