Dr. Furman recommends New Age music it is free of the associations that popular songs may have because they were heard on a special occasion. Patients know their own boundaries and may not be ready to go beyond them. They don't want to appear vulnerable. Now, some music therapists are visiting cancer patients in hospital rooms and even at their homes. It is not just the effectiveness.
Music therapy saves money.
It can substitute for medication and therefore translate into a decrease in the cost of medical care. Music brings them out. When you get into this profession, compassion is part of your gig. Until someone has an experience with music therapy, they don't believe. A quite elderly patient once told me she didn't like music.