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Attitudes of paediatric medical ward staff to a dog visitation programme
Journal Articles | Contributor(s): Moody, W. J., King, R., O'Rourke, S.
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What physicians need to learn from veterinarians
Journal Articles | Contributor(s): South, D. S.
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Behavioral health staff's perceptions of pet-assisted therapy: an exploratory study
Journal Articles | Contributor(s): Rossetti, J., DeFabiis, S., Belpedio, C.
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Social work practitioners and the human-companion animal bond: a national study
Journal Articles | Contributor(s): Risley-Curtiss, C.
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The pet owner experience
Journal Articles | Contributor(s): Beck, A. M., Meyers, N. M.
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Resident and therapist views of animal-assisted therapy: Implications for occupational therapy practice
Journal Articles | Contributor(s): Velde, Beth P., Cipriani, Joseph, Fisher, Grace
Animal-assisted therapy is offered in a wide variety of settings. The literature contains few studies investigating animal-assisted therapy from an occupational therapy perspective. More information is needed to describe the use of animals as a therapeutic modality in occupational therapy....
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Attitudes to animal-assisted therapy with farm animals among health staff and farmers
Journal Articles | Contributor(s): Berget, B., Ekeberg, Ø, Braastad, B. O.
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Pet-assisted psychotherapy
Journal Articles | Contributor(s): Mason, Margaret S., Hagan, Christine B.
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Factors Affecting Social Workers' Inclusion of Animals in Practice
Journal Articles | Contributor(s): Risley-Curtiss, Christina, Rogge, Mary E., Kawam, Elisa
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Perceptions of Staff on the Addition of an Animal-Assisted Activity at a Regional Cancer Center
Theses | Contributor(s): Bibbo, Jessica
This study was grounded in the emerging view of animal-assisted interventions as a complementary and alternative therapy for cancer patients. The study explored the perceptions of staff at a regional cancer center on the addition of a volunteer-based animal-assisted activity. The medical center...
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Attitudes and perceptions of nurses-in training and psychiatry and pediatric residents towards animal-assisted interventions.
Journal Articles | Contributor(s): Eaglin, Vanessa H.
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Animal-Assisted Interventions for psychiatric patients: Beliefs in treatment effects among practitioners
Journal Articles | Contributor(s): Bente Berget, Sverre Grepperud
IntroductionThe aim of the study was to investigate the degree of belief in therapeutic effects from Animal-Assisted Interventions (AAI) for psychiatric patients among physicians and psychologists, and to identify variables explaining variations in such beliefs.Material and methodsA...
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General Practitioners' Attitudes Toward Complementary Therapies
Journal Articles | Contributor(s): G Easthope, B Tranter, G Gill
Attitudes toward complementary therapies were elicited from a postal survey of all identified general practitioners in the state of Tasmania, Australia. Regression analysis of the data indicated that demographic features associated with favourable attitudes were younger age and location in small...
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Working with People at Risk: An Exploration of Human Services Practitioners' Use of Animal-Assisted Interventions
Journal Articles | Contributor(s): N Evans, C Gray, J Christenhusz, M Perez-y-Perez
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Practices in Cat and Dog Immunotherapy Among Allergists
Journal Articles | Contributor(s): Leslie C Grammer, Martha A. Shaughnessy, John J Shaughnessy, Roy Patterson
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The Maintenance of Pets in Allergic Families. A Survey of Health Beliefs.
Journal Articles | Contributor(s): S Herring, S.J. McGeady, J.D. Jones, H.C. Mansmann Jr.
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Critical care nurses' perceptions of obstacles and helpful behaviors in providing end-of-life care to dying patients
Journal Articles | Contributor(s): KT Kirchhoff, RL Beckstrand
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Animals and Psychotherapy: A Survey
Journal Articles | Contributor(s): Susan S Rice, Larry T Brown, H Stephen Caldwell