Clementine K. Fujimura, Simone Nommensen

Cultural Dimensions of Well-Being

Therapy Animals as Healers

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Clementine K. Fujimura and Simone Nommensen discuss the ethical treatment of animals and provide an overview of current and past uses of animals to enhance human well-being in Germany, the United States, Japan, and Russia.

Produktdetails

• Anthropology of Well-Being: Individual, Community, Society
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 132
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. November 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 355g
• ISBN-13: 9781498541275
• ISBN-10: 1498541275
• Artikelnr.: 49096183

Autorenporträt

Clementine K. Fujimura is professor in the Department of Languages and Cultures at the United States Naval Academy. Simone Nommensen is a veterinarian.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Animals as Therapists: How We Discovered Them and What They Do
Chapter 2: Cultural Foundations of Human-Animal Relations Chapter 3:
Well-Being through Communication with and about Our Pets Chapter 4: Mutual
Benefits through Human-Animal Contact and Training: What Science and
Personal Narratives Tell Chapter 5: The Animal's Perspective