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Therapy dog spreads paws-itivity at cancer hospital

Marguerite Nicodeme works with Snoopy the dog to bring moments of cheerful relief to patients and their carers.
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Snoopy, an English springer spaniel, in a hospital corridor, looking over his shoulder as he waits for his handler

Snoopy and Marguerite Nicodeme are health-care workers at the Curie Institute in Paris. Credit: Julie Glassberg for Nature

I am a nurse practitioner at the Curie Institute in Paris, where we care for people with cancer. But really, this is Snoopy’s story, which is why he’s pictured here, at work, where he’s about to give his patients some much-needed attention.

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Nature 626, 226 (2024)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-00243-0

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