Title |
The Use of Therapy Animals in University Hospital Waiting Rooms |
Subject |
Pets; Bonding, Human-Pet; Academic Medical Centers; Hospitals, University; Public Relations; Communications Media; Mass Media; Social Marketing; Information Dissemination; News; Press Release; Therapy Animals |
Description |
Anne told me you were looking for story ideas... University Hospital has started utilizing therapy dogs in its surgical waiting room to help comfort the families of patients in surgery. These animals are different from service dogs (those who help the blind and disabled) and are specially trained/conditioned to be extremely calm around people. The program is coordinated through Intermountain Therapy Animals (ITA), who train, test and coordinate the dogs and their owners. As far as I know, we are the only hospital in the state using dogs in the waiting room. |
Publisher |
University of Utah Health Care Office of Public Affairs and Marketing |
Date |
1999-09-07 |
Language |
eng |
Relation |
University of Utah Health Care Office of Public Affairs and Marketing Collection |
Rights Management |
Copyright 2012 |
Holding Institution |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
Scanning Technician |
sg |
Relation is Part of |
Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News |
Type |
Text |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6r23w8h |
Setname |
ehsl_pahsc |
ID |
935412 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6r23w8h |