Wood, Lisa; Giles-Corti, Billie; Bulsara, Max - In: Social Science & Medicine 61 (2005) 6, pp. 1159-1173
There is growing interest across a range of disciplines in the relationship between pets and health, with a range of therapeutic, physiological, psychological and psychosocial benefits now documented. While much of the literature has focused on the individual benefits of pet ownership, this...