Effectiveness of music therapy: a summary of systematic reviews based on randomized controlled trials of music interventions.

Objective: The objective of this review was to summarize evidence for the effectiveness of music therapy (MT) and to assess the quality of systematic reviews (SRs) based on randomized controlled trials (RCTs).

Study Design: An SR of SRs based on RCTs.

Methods: Studies were eligible if they were RCTs.

[Home care service at the division of general medicine in Jichi Medical University Hospital--the terminal stage cancer patient's care in the past 3 years].

We have provided a home care service for the past 20 years as a part of our community medical program at the Division of General Medicine in Jichi Medical University Hospital (JMUH). We reflected our activities of the past 3 years since 2004, and considered our meanings of home care service at the University Hospital. Especially, we reported on terminal stage cancer patients who died in the past 3 years.