Human-Canine Collaboration in Care: Doing Diabetes - Paperback

by Fenella Eason (Author)

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.

Author Biography

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