Animal-assisted interventions research: Issues and answers

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 422-440

  Johnson, Rebecca A ^a   Odendaal, Johannes S J ^b   Meadows, Richard L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANIMAL; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING HOME; NURSING RESEARCH; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW;

AGED; ANIMALS; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; NURSING RESEARCH; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 0036593256     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/01945902024004009     Document Type: Article

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