http://www.animalsasia.org/index.php?module=4&lg=en
ドクター・ドッグなる制度，数日前の新聞ではじめて知りましたw
ペットセラピーの1つで，認定テスト（結構厳しいらしい）を通過したワンちゃんたちが，入院病棟にお見舞いに行くんだそうです．
効果の程は学術的に解析されてないようですが，聖路加国際病院のある看護婦さん曰く「笑わなかった子供が笑顔を取り戻した」とか．
自分は専門じゃないけど，ペットセラピーの関連文献って，探せばたくさん出てくるのかしら？
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I first learned about "Doctor Dog" from the newspaper a few days ago.
It is a kind of "Pet Therapy" program and in that program the certified dogs (though it seems that the test is not so easy...) visit patients in hospitals.
Although the effect of it might not be sufficiently analysed, a nurse in Seiroka International Hospital said that a child who was smileless gave a smile through the program.
The pet therapy is not my major, but I wonder if there are many journals and articles about it.
