Pet Therapy Research: A Historical Review

Holistic Nursing Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 17-23

  Hooker, Shirley D ^a   Holbrook Freeman, Linda ^b   Stewart, Pamela ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b School of Nursing University of Louisville Louisville   (United States)

^c USAF   (United States)

Author keywords

Nursing history; Nursing interventions; Pet therapy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HISTORY; HOLISTIC NURSING; HUMAN; NURSING RESEARCH; OBJECT RELATION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HOLISTIC NURSING; HUMANS; NURSING RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036777146     PISSN: 08879311     EISSN: 15505138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004650-200210000-00006     Document Type: Article

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