Susan Bauer-Wu

TL;DR: This article describes a team-based approach to the development of a comprehensive codebook for multiple researchers to use during content analysis of the transcripts of the expressive writings of women with metastatic breast cancer.

TL;DR: This study examined the effects of music therapy (MT), immediate and over time, on patients' psychological functioning, quality of life, and physiologic stress arousal in 70 women with metastatic breast cancer.

TL;DR: What makes silence enriching--enabling a kind of communication between clinician and patient that fosters healing is discussed, and a type of compassionate silence, derived from contemplative practice, along with the mental qualities that make this type of silence possible are described.

TL;DR: Concerns of some responders about routinely offering trial results included negative emotional effect on patients, patient difficulty understanding the information, and resources required to offer the results.

TL;DR: Multimedia instruction in touch and massage methods may offer family members a viable means of enhancing self-efficacy and satisfaction in caregiving while decreasing patient pain, depression, and other symptoms.