Ambiguity, Ambivalence, and Affective Encounters: An Ethnographic Account of Medical Detection Dog–Trainer Relationships.
A relatively novel application of dogs' olfactory capabilities involves training them to detect and alert to the odor of human diseases. Drawing on research using ethnographic methods of participant observation and semi-structured interviews at two medical detection dog training and research facilit...
| Publicado en: | Anthrozoös Vol. 35; no. 2; pp. 259 - 272 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Apr2022
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