Cultural dimensions of well-being : therapy animals as healers /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Fujimura, Clementine K., 1965- (Author), Nommensen, Simone, 1973- (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2018]
Series:Anthropology of well-being.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Animals as therapists : how we discovered them and what they do
  • Cultural foundations of human-animal relations
  • Well-being through communication with and about our pets
  • Mutual benefits through human-animal contact and training : what science and personal narratives tell
  • The animal's perspective
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography.