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challenging setting while acknowledging the competing needs of patients, family and staff (Heiderscheit et al., 2011; Heiderscheit, et al., in press). Conclusion The growing interest in interdisciplinary research is also emerging in music therapy. The expertise and skills that music therapists possess are vital to the success of research utilizing music interventions. Exploring and discovering these types of research opportunities can serve to enhance, improve and advance patient care, as well as develop innovative solutions to complex patient care problems. While interdisciplinary research brings together diverse disciplines to address complicated issues, those that successful integrate music interventions with the expertise of a music therapist, also help to advance the profession of music therapy. There is continued evidence, examples and illustrations of this in the music therapy and related research literature.
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