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Just 10 minutes with a therapy dog can significantly reduce pain, anxiety and depression in Emergency Department patients

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Murphy the dog on a hospital bed

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Just 10 minutes with a therapy dog can significantly reduce pain, anxiety and depression in Emergency Department patients

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Article URL:  https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0262599  

Article Title: Outcomes of a controlled trial with visiting therapy dog teams on pain in adults in an emergency department

Author Countries: Canada

Funding: We have received funding from Royal University Hospital. There is no specific grant number to include.


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