The power of music is comforting patients undergoing palliative care, helping them and their loved ones through an extremely emotional and difficult time.
Stanford University medical student and musician Melanie Ambler is doing a research project to study how music can alleviate some of that stress. Ambler is taking a year off school to interview 100 patients and play music for them.Ambler visits each one in their hospital room, asks them a question, and then composes an original song on her cello for them during their visit together.
'So much happiness goes through my mind,' said Tevis. 'When you take a deep breath, everything washes away.'This is more than a kind act of service for these patients. Ambler believes its real medicine. She is studying how the experience impacts the patients and their loved ones, both physically and emotionally. All the patients receive an edited recording of their interview and musical soundtrack after their session.
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