JAMDA
Volume 9, Issue 3 , Pages 173-177 , March 2008

Animal-Assisted Therapy and Loneliness in Nursing Homes: Use of Robotic versus Living Dogs

  • Marian R. Banks, DNS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
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  • Lisa M. Willoughby, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Outcomes Research, Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
    • ,
  • William A. Banks, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to William A. Banks, MD, 915 N. Grand Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63106.

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 The authors have no conflicts of interest regarding this article.

PII: S1525-8610(07)00516-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2007.11.007

JAMDA
Volume 9, Issue 3 , Pages 173-177 , March 2008

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