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Publisher: Demos Medical Publishing
Edition: 2011 Paperback, 392 pages
ISBN: 9781936303120
Item: DTH221
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Summary: Written for doctors, dog professionals and enthusiasts, The Power of Wagging Tails showcases the wide range of research showing the therapeutic and healing power between dogs and humans.
With a clear love for dogs and a passion for medicine, Dr. Dawn Marcus has written a prescription for happiness and health that we should all take to heart. A lovely, inspiring book that every dog lover and physician should own.-Patricia B. McConnell, PhD, CAAB, Author, The Other End of the Leash and For the Love of a Dog
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Expanded Description:
Medical studies have consistently shown that patients benefit from therapy dog visits. One recent study of 59 adults showed that following a therapy dog visit their energy levels increased, respiratory rated calmed significantly and pain scores decreased by over 20 percent. Mood scores improved by over 60 percent with the patients feeling less tense, anxious, angry, tied depressed and dejected.
Now in "The Power of Wagging Tails," Dr. Dawn Marcus showcases the wide range of research that shows the therapeutic and healing power of people of all ages and with a wide range of health conditions. These research findings are brought to life through the personal stories of healing from dog owners across the United States and Canada.
Dawn shows you how to unleash the healing power of your own dog, describes how to effectively add a dog to the home of someone with a chronic condition, explains how the family dog can help with chronic health conditions, and teaches how to train a companion dog to be a certified therapy dog to help others.
"The Power of Wagging Tails" is of interest to dog owners, people wondering how to help family and friends coping with chronic illnesses, and individuals considering training their dogs.
With a clear love for dogs and a passion for medicine, Dr. Dawn Marcus has written a prescription for happiness and health that we should all take to heart. A lovely, inspiring book that every dog lover and physician should own.-Patricia B. McConnell, PhD, CAAB, Author, The Other End of the Leash and For the Love of a Dog
For those who question the healing quality of dogs, The Power of Wagging Tails will be a proof positive eye opener. For those already familiar with that power, this book will delight and warm their hearts.-Dale V. Atkins, PhD, media commentator and Author, Sanity Savers: Tips for Women to Live a Balanced Life
Brilliant! Pet owners on the journey to becoming therapy dog handlers will be more successful thanks to her insights and thorough research.-Sheri Gintner MS, CDBC, Dog Behavior Consultant to the Western PA Humane Society and owner of Good Dog! Behavior Training
Part I: Bringing Healing into Our Lives with Dogs: 1. Living with Healing Dogs, 2. Making Fido a Member of Your Personal Treatment Team and Support Network, 3. Getting Involved with Pet Therapy, Part II: Dogs as Healer: 4. Napoleon and Nikita as Nurses: Comforting People Needing Chronic Therapy, 5. Duke and Daisy as Doctors: Sniffing out Disease, 6. Dogs as Therapists, Part III: A Doctor's View of Healing Dogs Helping Medical Illness: 7. Let Shadow and Sammy Ease an Ailing Psyche, 8. Connecting with Bailey is Heart Healthy, 9. I have Cancer: Can a Dog Help Me? 10. Pain and Pet Therapy, 11. Managing Your Metabolism with Molly: Diabetes and Weight Control, 12. Get off your Butt! Let Your Dog Show You How, 13. Thanks for the Memories: Helping Seniors Connect with their Past and the Present, 14. The Healing Power Witnessed by Dog Handlers
Author Bio -
Dawn Marcus, MD is a neurologist and Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine. Dr. Marcus has authored over 100 articles on the topics of chronic pain and headache and is a frequent lecturer on these topics both in the US and internationally. She is the author of thirteen previous book including Fit As Fido: Follow Your Dog to Better Health and The Woman's Migraine Toolkit. Dr. Marcus has trained her two wheaten golden terriers to be therapy dogs.
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