Support for bereaved owners of pets

Perspectives in Psychiatric Care

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 49-54

  Clements, Paul T ^a   Benasutti, Kathleen M ^b   Carmone, Andy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bereavement and pet owners

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HEALTH; BEREAVEMENT; DEATH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL HEALTH; REVIEW;

EID: 0042567395     PISSN: 00315990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6163.2003.tb00676.x     Document Type: Review

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