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Medical student uses musical therapy to help patients find peace in their final days

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Stanford medical student Melonie Ambler has pioneered an innovative approach to palliative care.

Ambler transforms patients' life stories into spontaneous musical compositions.

The approach has shown some powerful results, particularly for families coping with loss.

In Europe , some physicians have begun prescribing art as medicine.