Animal Companions and Human Well-Being: An Historical Exploration of the Value of Human-Animal Relationships

Handbook on Animal-Assisted Therapy

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 3-19

  Serpell, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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