Human-Canine Collaboration in Care: Doing Diabetes

ISBN-13: 9780367227777 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 194 str.

Fenella Eason

Opis

This book examines the use of canine scent detection to alert humans to symptoms of human chronic illness, specifically imminent hypoglycaemic episodes. Through participant observation and interviews it sheds light on human-animal interaction and raises conceptual questions about the acceptable use of animals and their role in society.

Spis treści

1. Multispecies Care in Chronic Illness  2. Anthrozoological and Sociological Perspectives  3. The Canine Sense of Smell and Olfactory Acuity  4. ‘Doing’ Diabetes Type 1  5. Dogs as Biomedical Resources and Health Technologies  6. Symbiotic Practices of Care  7. Endings and ‘Ethical’ Decision-Making

O autorze

Fenella Eason is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Exeter Anthrozoology as Symbiotic Ethics (EASE) Working Group at the University of Exeter, UK.