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At six years old, Rafael uses music to express what words cannot reach. However, the success of music therapy is hindered by the lack of legal status and professional recognition.
'Even pain can be treated with music,' says Ana Zão, a physiatrist, pianist, soprano and professor — our first PhD in Medicine of the Arts and the founder of the first institute dedicated to Medicine of the Arts.
Joana Afonso and Rute Matias play music in hospitals to help children and older patients forget they're ill and feel like human beings. They come away having received 'twice' what they gave, but in the end they don't want applause.
From where she is, Candy knows she will only leave to go to heaven. But when the music comes into her room — in Joana and Rute's voices and instruments — a new joy makes her forget where she is and why.
Members of the Music in Hospitals project work in pairs and move around healthcare units with instruments made from everyday objects or hospital materials.
