title: Support for bereaved owners of pets.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The bond that exists between people and their pets and its impact on physical and mental health.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To review the current literature and explore the clinical implications of bereavement related to pets.
  
  
  METHODS
  A comprehensive review of the bereavement, veterinarian, and agricultural literature related to attitudes and response patterns to pet and animal death.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The death or loss of a beloved pet can be a life-changing event.
authors.affiliation: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. Pclements@salud.unm.edu
authors.forename: Paul T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Clements
authors.forename: Kathleen M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Benasutti
authors.forename: Andy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carmone
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000523:psychology*; D001293:Attitude to Death; D001601:Bereavement; D003643:Death; D005655:Funeral Rites; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D001841:Human-Animal Bond; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000379:methods; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods; D012944:Social Support