Human-Canine Collaboration in Care: Doing Diabetes

Human-Canine Collaboration in Care: Doing Diabetes

This book explores how trained medical alert dogs support people with Type 1 diabetes by detecting and alerting them to episodes of low blood sugar. It examines the relationship between humans and assistance dogs from an anthrozoological and social-science perspective, focusing on how these human-canine teams work together in everyday life.

Key Features

• Explores canine scent detection for diabetes alerts
• Examines human-animal collaboration in healthcare
• Discusses the role of trained assistance dogs in daily care
• Based on ethnographic research and interviews
• Explores human-canine relationships and social roles
• Suitable for research in anthrozoology and human-animal studies
• Covers the social and practical aspects of medical alert dogs