"Not just a dog": An attachment perspective on relationships with assistance dogs

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 421-436

  Kwong, Marilyn J ^a   Bartholomew, Kim ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assistance dogs; Attachment; Caregiving; Grief; Human animal relationships; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANADA; DOG; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; CANADA; DOGS; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 80051697532     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2011.584410     Document Type: Article

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