Dogs in Health Care: Pioneering Animal-Human PartnershipsDogs have a storied history in health care, and the human-animal relationship has been used in the field for decades. Certain dogs have improved and advanced the field of health care in myriad ways. This book presents the stories of these pioneer dogs, from the mercy dogs of World War I, to the medicine-toting sled dogs Togo and Balto, to today's therapy dogs. More than the dogs themselves, this book is about the human-animal relationship, and moments in history where that relationship propelled health care forward. |
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Introduction | 7 |
1 The Mercy Dogs of World War I | 13 |
2 Jofi and Sigmund Freud | 25 |
3 Cap and Florence Nightingale | 38 |
Public Health Heroes | 55 |
The Guide Dog Who Pioneered a New Frontier | 75 |
Cotherapists | 95 |
The First Combat and Operational Stress Control Dogs | 107 |
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