The therapeutic value of the human-animal connection

Occupational Therapy in Health Care

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 27-43

  Roenke, Laura ^a   Mulligan, Shelley ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; ELDERLY CARE; EMOTION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEMORY; NURSING HOME; OBJECT RELATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0031870589     PISSN: 07380577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J003v11n02_03     Document Type: Article

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