Therapy dogs in cancer care: A valuable complementary treatment

Therapy Dogs in Cancer Care: A Valuable Complementary Treatment

Volumn 9781461433781, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-193

  Marcus, Dawn A ^a  

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

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-3378-1     Document Type: Book

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