When a pet dies: Religious issues, euthanasia and strategies for coping with bereavement

Anthrozoos

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-74

  Davis, Helen ^a   Irwin, Peter ^a   Richardson, Michelle ^a   O'Brien Malone, Angela ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Companion animal; Euthanasia; Religion; Veterinary practitioner

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0344629368     PISSN: 08927936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/089279303786992378     Document Type: Article

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