Communicating with Special Populations: Children and Older Adults

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Small Animal Practice

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 181-198

  Brandt, Jennifer C ^a   Grabill, Chandra M ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL WELFARE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTIONALITY; FAMILY COUNSELING; HONESTY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SOCIALIZATION; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANIMALS; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VETERINARIANS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33845269777     PISSN: 01955616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2006.09.012     Document Type: Review

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