‘Bedside Musicians’ Aid Healing Through Song

Treatment goes beyond clinical care — just ask U-M’s Greg Maxwell, a certified music practitioner, who sings and plays his guitar in hospital rooms.

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Author | Michigan Medicine

Video of a University of Michigan music practitioner explaining how he uses therapeutic music to help patients relax and experience a distraction from pain.

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