New and Old Perspectives on the Therapeutic Effects of Animals and Nature

Handbook on Animal-Assisted Therapy: Theoretical Foundations and Guidelines for Practice, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 39-48

  Katcher, Aaron H ^a   Beck, Alan M ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012369484-3/50010-4     Document Type: Chapter

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