Visiting Hours: Spacetimes of Human–Animal Interaction in South African Elder Care.

This article examines human–animal interaction in elder care by focusing on an old age home in postapartheid South Africa. Residents admire and desire to be near animals, but staff mostly prohibit pets and service animals due to regulations about hygiene and frailty. Instead, people make meaningful...

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Publicado en:	Medical Anthropology Quarterly Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 217 - 237
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Wiley-Blackwell Jun2022
Materias:	South Africa Elder care Service animals Old age homes Animal habitations Animal mortality Health of pets
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