Resident dog in the Alzheimer's special care unit

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 684-696

  McCabe, Barbara W ^a   Banu, Mara M ^b   Speich, Denise ^a   Agrawal, Sangeeta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; DOG; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; DOGS; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS;

EID: 0036780738     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/019394502320555421     Document Type: Article

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