Companion animal death : a practical and comprehensive guide for veterinary practice / Mary F. Stewart ; foreword by Colin Murray Parkes.
Material type: TextPublisher: Oxford ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, 1999Description: xiii, 188 pages ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0750640766
- 9780750640763
- 155.937 21
- SF411.47 .S76 1999
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 155.937 STE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A246052B |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-182) and index.
Sect. 1. Background information for all veterinary staff -- 1. Relationships between humans and their companion animals -- 2. Communicating with clients -- 3. Client-oriented practice management -- 4. Loss, death and bereavement -- Sect. 2. Issues related to euthanasia and animal death -- 1. Reasons for contemplating euthanasia; options to consider -- 2. Breaking bad news -- 3. Helping clients through decision making -- 4. Pre-euthanasia discussion -- 5. The process of euthanasia -- Sect. 3. Challenging or special situations -- 1. Helping clients through emotional difficulties -- 2. Disabled clients -- 3. Clients from different cultures or ethnic backgrounds -- 4. Clients who wish referral to complementary medicine -- Sect. 4. Subjects owners may want information about -- 1. Children and pet loss -- 2. Getting a new animal -- 3. Missing animals -- 4. Animals grieving for animals and animals grieving for humans -- 5. What is the right thing to say when a friend's pet dies? -- Sect. 5. Stress in veterinary practice -- 1. What are some of the stressors for vets in practice? -- 2. Managing stress -- 3. Veterinary nurses' perspectives -- Sect. 6. Summary information -- 1. Complaints -- 2. Things clients are grateful for -- 3. Possible consequences of poor management -- 4. Possible consequences of good management. App. 1. Rough guide to life spans - life expectancies of companion animals --
Human /companion animal relationships -- Introduction to animal death - why are some deaths so difficult? -- Communicating with clients -- Reactions to animal loss -- Pre-euthanasia -- Euthanasia -- Post-euthanasia -- Children and pet loss -- Grieving animals -- Missing animals -- Getting another animal -- Coping with stress at work and supporting staff -- Possible consequences of poor management -- Potential offered by good management.
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