Editorial

摘要

Music is powerful.  It elicits reactions. “I LOVE this music” “I DON’T like this music” “I know what music therapy is; I listen to the radio to relax.” Music impacts how we function.  Both of us have been told by co-workers, students, and families alike, that it is easier to work with music playing in the background; and yet just as many people have had the opposite reaction, indicating that background music is distracting. As health care professionals, we recognize the power that music has to relieve stress, to affect our mood, and to bring people together...