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Companion animal death : a practical and comprehensive guide for veterinary practice / Mary F. Stewart ; foreword by Colin Murray Parkes.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, 1999Description: xiii, 188 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0750640766
  • 9780750640763
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 155.937 21
LOC classification:
  • SF411.47 .S76 1999
Contents:
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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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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