PMC:1142188 / 22331-23313 JSONTXT

{"target":"https://pubannotation.org/docs/sourcedb/PMC/sourceid/1142188","sourcedb":"PMC","sourceid":"1142188","source_url":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/1142188","text":"Qualitative studies make up the majority of research support in the area of hospice and palliative care music therapy, but there is a real dearth in the literature of empirical, quantitative studies. Because dying is a complex experience, research needs to be conducted to evaluate the efficacy of the support provided for patients with a terminal illness. Although qualitative studies are valuable in illustrating the use of music therapy for the terminally ill, Bosanquet and Salisbury (44) caution that reliability and the ability to generalize results can be limiting. They recommend that researchers conduct quantitative studies because “the advantages of clearly defined outcome measures include the minimization of potential researcher bias in the interpretation of results and also in the testing of hypotheses” (p. 23). Furthermore, quantitative studies provide greater assurance of reliability and results can be more readily generalized than those of qualitative studies.","tracks":[]}