Service Dogs and People with Physical Disabilities Partnerships: A Systematic Review.
Occupational therapists have recognized the benefits that service dogs can provide people with disabilities. There are many anecdotal publications extolling the benefits of working with service dogs, but few rigorous studies exist to provide the evidence of the usefulness of this type of assistive t...
| Publicado en: | Occupational Therapy International Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 54 - 67 |
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| Formato: | research systematic review tables/charts Journal Article |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Mar2012
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