Exploring the benefits of full-time hospital facility dogs working with nurse handlers in a children's hospital.

<h4>Objective</h4>To examine the benefits of full-time hospital facility dogs (HFDs) working with qualified nurse handlers for inpatients in a pediatric medical facility.<h4>Methods</h4>A questionnaire survey on the evaluation of HFD activities was conducted in a hospital tha...

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Main Authors: Natsuko Murata-Kobayashi, Keiko Suzuki, Yuko Morita, Harumi Minobe, Atsushi Mizumoto, Shiro Seto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0285768