Methodological considerations in designing and evaluating animal-assisted interventions

Animals

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 127-141

  Stern, Cindy ^a   Chur Hansen, Anna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animal assisted interventions; Evidence based practice; Methodology; Qualitative; Quantitative

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879912672     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20762615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ani3010127     Document Type: Article

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