Support for Bereaved Owners of Pets

Overview

Journal Perspect Psychiatr Care

Date 2003 Aug 5

PMID 12894598

Citations 8

Authors

Paul T Clements

Kathleen M Benasutti

Andy Carmone

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Abstract

Topic: The bond that exists between people and their pets and its impact on physical and mental health.

Purpose: To review the current literature and explore the clinical implications of bereavement related to pets.

Sources: A comprehensive review of the bereavement, veterinarian, and agricultural literature related to attitudes and response patterns to pet and animal death.

Conclusions: The death or loss of a beloved pet can be a life-changing event.

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