Animal-Assisted Intervention: Thinking Empirically

Fournier, Angela K.

This book brings the animal into the scholarly discussion of animal-assisted therapy and other interventions. Challenging the current reliance on outcome studies, the author offers a new way of thinking empirically about animal-assisted interventions—analysis of human-animal interaction as a critical component. Through empirical demonstrations from laboratory and applied settings, the book encourages practitioners and scholars to undergo a deeper examination of the basic interactions that occur between clients or patients and therapy animals. Dr. Fournier provides new ideas on measurement, experimentation, and interpretation of human-animal interaction, aimed at identifying the role of the animal in interventions for human health and well-being.

Details

Published by: Palgrave Pivot

Publication Date: 2019-12-19

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9783030329716

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-32972-3

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 140