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Animal hospice and palliative medicine for the house call veterinarian
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- Book Synopsis
- Gain the understanding you need to provide compassionate, end-of-life pet care. Animal Hospice and Palliative Medicine for the House Call Veterinarian provides an all-in-one guide to the skills and challenges related to this growing area of veterinary care. From setting up your business and performing your first in-home consultation to managing pain, performing in-home euthanasia, and providing grief support to the family, this book walks you through each step of care. Written by Dr. Lynn Hendrix, a leading expert and researcher in veterinary palliative medicine, this practical resource shows how to improve the quality of care for pets in the final stages of life. Comprehensive coverage addresses the essential topics of palliative care, hospice, and euthanasiaKey topics range from setting up a mobile business, in-home consultations to pain management, euthanasia, physical support for the pet, and much moreInformation on the diseases commonly seen at the end of life includes disease progression and trajectoriesSingle-source review covers animal end-of-life care and consulting, specifically through mobile veterinary services100 full-color clinical photos depict the concepts and procedures of animal palliative carePractical insights are provided in the areas of family grief support, compassion fatigue, managing difficult home visits, and dispelling the myths of animal hospice and euthanasiaAuthor Lynn Hendrix is an expert veterinarian with than a decade of experience in the field of Veterinary Palliative Medicine and is also the owner/founder of Beloved Pet Mobile Vet, a company providing in-home animal hospice and euthanasia
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- ISBN
- 9780323567985
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Elsevier, (24 October 2022)
- Number of Pages
- 444
- Weight
- 880 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 240 x 197 x 32 mm
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