Animal-assisted therapy at an outpatient pain management clinic

Pain Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-57

  Marcus, Dawn A ^a   Bernstein, Cheryl D ^a   Constantin, Janet M ^a   Kunkel, Frank A ^a   Breuer, Paula ^a   Hanlon, Raymond B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Clinically meaningful pain relief; Depression; Staff; Therapy dog; Waiting room

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANIMAL ASSISTED THERAPY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL DOG; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN CLINIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SELF REPORT; STRESS; WAITING ROOM;

EID: 84855743968     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2011.01294.x     Document Type: Article

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