Human-canine collaboration in care : doing diabetes / Fenella Eason.
Human-canine collaboration in care : doing diabetes / Fenella Eason.
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Publisher
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.
Call Numbers
G 2021/2944
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Language
English
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Physical content
xi, 194 pages ; 25 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Multispecies care in chronic illness -- Anthrozoological and sociological perspectives -- The canine sense of smell and olfactory acuity -- 'Doing' diabetes Type 1 -- Dogs as biomedical resources and health technologies -- Symbiotic practices of care -- Endings and 'ethical' decision-making....
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Publisher
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.
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Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2020.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"Adopting an anthrozoological perspective to study the participation of non-human animals in regimes of care, this book examines the use of canine scent detection to alert 'hypo-unaware' individuals to symptoms of human chronic illness. Based on ethnographic research and interviews, it focuses on the manner in which trained assistance dogs are able...
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Full title
Human-canine collaboration in care : doing diabetes / Fenella Eason.
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Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Multispecies encounters
Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-187) and index.
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©2020
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G 2021/2944
Record Identifier
74VKarOxwmbM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKarOxwmbM
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ISBN
0367227770
9780367227777
DDC
616.462
MMS ID
991024442327502626
