Animal-Assisted Interventions in Mental Health: Definitions and Theoretical Foundations

Handbook on Animal-Assisted Therapy

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 33-48

  Kruger, Katherine A ^a   Serpell, James A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-381453-1.10003-0     Document Type: Chapter

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