Honoring lives and legacies: Continuing bonds and meaning-making in dog obituaries across companion, therapy, and K9 contexts.
AbstractThe death of a dog often results in profound grief that is often disenfranchized. While memorialization practices such as obituary writing are increasingly used by bereaved owners, little is known about how these narratives vary across human–dog relationship contexts or how they function in...
| Publicado en: | Death Studies pp. 1 - 16 |
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| Formato: | Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jun2026
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