[The study gives a short review of some music therapy methods can be applied on the field of hospice care. Its aim is drawing the attention to the topic and enhancement of the method in the hospice movement in Hungary. The results of research works support the idea of applying both active and receptive music therapy for ensuring advantageous results in high quality care provided for dying patients. Properly chosen musical interventions applied by qualified music therapists within a therapeutic relationship are able to improve amongst others the quality of life of dying people by ensuring their inner peace, reducing the feeling of pain and anxiety and supporting their psychical-spiritual development. Besides the dying patients, hospice workers and the relatives of the patients can also experience the benefits of music therapy. ]

[Neonatal intensive care and therapeutic process is accompanied with a range of painful interventions. Research data from the past decades revealed that repeated and/or prolonged pain has long-term consequences on the neurobiological development of the premature infant, which has led to an increased attention to the measurement and alleviation of pain. In addition to pharmacological pain relief, more and more alternative pain management methods of varying efficacy are appearing in the provision of care for premature infants. In this study, we introduce non-pharmacological pain treatment methods with proven efficiency that can be applied to complement the pharmacological pain management or as a therapy before any painful interventions in intensive neonatological care. These methods include heart sound and music therapy, nutritive and non-nutritive sucking, swaddling, touching and kangaroo care.]

[Belly dance is perceived as the symbol of the healthy, young and beautyful woman. However when the history of this ancestral dance is studied, it can be seen, that certain movements are applied in healing, furthermore it is employed in some oriental countries until nowadays. Women patients with cancer diseases are suffering both from physical damage and psychical trauma after a resective surgery. Their self-image and self-respect are disturbed, which in several cases leads to isolation, social segregation and at last to disability. Based on literary data cancer caused disability shows an intensely increasing tendency. As an own initiation Százszorszép Hastáncklub (Moonflower Belly Dance Club) hase been established in 2005, which is developed to an ocological rehabilitation method. This method integrates the elements of movement, music andd dance therapie. In addition, it provides a supportive community to the companions. Our examinations confirmed the efficiency of the method. Significant development was demonstrated in the field of social support, quality of life and life-contentment.]