Play and pets: the physical and emotional impact of child-life and pet therapy on hospitalized children.
Child-life therapy programs and pet-therapy programs are often used in pediatric hospital settings to provide emotional support and diversion; however there is little research about their efficacy. How play and pet therapy affect children was examined in this study of 70 hospitalized children. Self-...
| Publicado en: | Children's Health Care Vol. 31; no. 4; pp. 321 - 336 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Winter2002
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