Accumulating Evidence for Dance/Movement Therapy in Cancer Care

This review offers a discussion of the state of dance/movement therapy (DMT), research with people living with cancer. The vast majority of extant studies published in the English language are with women with breast cancer. An examination of challenges facing DMT researchers in this area is provided...

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Main Author: Sharon W. Goodill
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01778/full
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description This review offers a discussion of the state of dance/movement therapy (DMT), research with people living with cancer. The vast majority of extant studies published in the English language are with women with breast cancer. An examination of challenges facing DMT researchers in this area is provided, and recommendations for research foci, and priorities are outlined. These include qualitative syntheses, integration of implementation evidence with qualitative synthesis, and formal process evaluation studies.
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title Accumulating Evidence for Dance/Movement Therapy in Cancer Care
title_full Accumulating Evidence for Dance/Movement Therapy in Cancer Care
title_fullStr Accumulating Evidence for Dance/Movement Therapy in Cancer Care
title_full_unstemmed Accumulating Evidence for Dance/Movement Therapy in Cancer Care
title_short Accumulating Evidence for Dance/Movement Therapy in Cancer Care
title_sort accumulating evidence for dance movement therapy in cancer care
topic dance/movement therapy
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cancer care
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