Beneficial effects of animal-assisted visits on quality of life during multimodal radiation-chemotherapy regimens

Journal of Community and Supportive Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 22-26

  Fleishman, Stewart B ^a   Homel, Peter ^a,b   Chen, Maurice R ^a   Rosenwald, Victoria ^a   Abolencia, Victoria ^a   Gerber, Juliet ^a   Nadesan, Sanjay ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL ASSISTED THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE SCALE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DETERIORATION; EMOTIONAL WELLBEING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CANCER THERAPY GENERAL SCALE; FUNCTIONAL WELL BEING; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PET ATTITUDE SCALE; PHYSICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYMPTOM; WELLBEING;

EID: 84939555685     PISSN: 23307749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12788/jcso.0102     Document Type: Article

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