The animal-human bond and ethnic diversity

Social Work

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 257-268

  Risley Curtiss, Christina ^a   Holley, Lynn C ^a   Wolf, Shapard ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Companion animals; Ethnic diversity; Human animal bond; Pet therapy; Social work and pets

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749069914     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/51.3.257     Document Type: Article

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