Hospice and Palliative Care for Companion Animals, 2nd Edition is a comprehensive update to the first edition. It highlights the needs of end-of-life pets, veterinary clinicians, and caregivers. Including ethical considerations and emotional principles, a reflection is engaged on the best help to bring to the pet in chronic disease and to give him the best living conditions in a limited time. This expanded second edition provides cutting-edge research in the understanding of companion animals’ emotional needs and their experience of illness and death. 448 p.
PREVIEW
- Amir Shanan, Editor. DVM; Founder of International Association for Animal Hospice and Palliative Care Compassionate Veterinary Hospice, Chicago, IL (USA).
- Jessica Pierce, Editor. BA, MTS, PhD. Center for Bioethics and Humanities, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, CO (USA).
- Tamara Shearer, Editor. MS, DVM, CCRP, CVPP, CVA, MSTCVM. Western Carolina Animal Pain Clinic, Sylva, NC (USA).
- Publication date (digital version): 2023-03.