The "pet effect" in cancer patients: Risks and benefits of human-pet interaction.

Chan, Mei Mei; Tapia Rico, Gonzalo

Chan, Mei Mei; Tapia Rico, Gonzalo.

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Chan MM; The Royal Adelaide Hospital, Medical Oncology department, Adelaide, Australia.
Tapia Rico G; The Royal Adelaide Hospital, Medical Oncology department, Adelaide, Australia. Electronic address: Gonzalo.TapiaRico@sa.gov.au.

Crit Rev Oncol Hematol ; 143: 56-61, 2019 Nov.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31479836

Subject(s)

Human-Animal Bond; Neoplasms/psychology; Pets/psychology; Animal Assisted Therapy; Animals; Cats; Dogs; Humans; Neoplasms/epidemiology; Ownership; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; Zoonoses/epidemiology

Key words

Animal-assisted therapy; Cancer risk; Immunocompromised; Oncology patients; Pet ownership; Pet therapy; Zoonotic diseases

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Full text: 1 Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Human-Animal Bond / Pets / Neoplasms Type of study: Clinical_trials / Etiology_studies / Risk_factors_studies Language: En Journal: Crit Rev Oncol Hematol Year: 2019 Type: Article Affiliation country: Australia

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