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- Title
Why are(n't) you using pheromones in your hospital ward? There's more to reducing patient stress.
- Abstract
There is more to managing in-patients' stress than providing pheromones. Enriching the hospital cages is good science and easy to do. It can also help more of your patients and make your job easier. I illustrate these points by examining: · Ethological reasons why hospitalisation is stressful; · Sensory reasons why hospitalisation is stressful; · The research on management of stress in caged dogs and cats; · The practical consequences for us of stress in our in-patients; · The growing emphasis on psychological and physical environment in the approach to human hospital care; and · The research on pheromone applications in veterinary hospital settings. I conclude that going beyond pheromones is of benefit to patients, staff, owners and practice finances alike
- Subjects
PHEROMONES; HOSPITAL wards; VETERINARY hospitals; EFFECT of stress on animals; HOSPITAL care quality; PHYSICAL environment
- Publication
Veterinary Ireland Journal, 2012, Vol 2, Issue 2, p84
- ISSN
2009-3942
- Publication type
Article