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Hospice and Palliative Care for Companion Animals

Principles and Practice
Buch | Softcover
352 Seiten
2017
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
978-1-119-03666-1 (ISBN)
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Hospice and Palliative Care for Companion Animals: Principles and Practice offers the first comprehensive reference to veterinary hospice and palliative care, with practical guidance and best practices for caring for sick and dying animals.

  • Presents the first thorough resource to providing veterinary hospice and palliative care
  • Offers practical guidance and best practices for caring for sick and dying animals
  • Provides an interdisciplinary team approach, from a variety of different perspectives
  • Gives concrete advice for easing pets more gently through their final stage of life
  • Includes access to a companion website with client education handouts to use in practice

Amir Shanan, DVM, is the Founding President of the International Association for Animal Hospice and Palliative Care, and the owner of Compassionate Veterinary Hospice, a veterinary practice dedicated to providing end-of-life care services, in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Jessica Pierce, BA, M.Div., PhD, is a bioethicist and affiliate faculty at the Center for Bioethics and Humanities, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, USA.

Tamara Shearer, DVM, CCRP, CVPP, CVA, is the owner of Western Carolina Animal Pain Clinic / Shearer Pet Health Hospital in Sylva, North Carolina, USA.

Chapter 1: Introduction
Jessica Pierce

Chapter 2: What is Animal Hospice and Palliative Care?
Amir Shanan and Tamara Shearer

Chapter 3: The Interdisciplinary Team
Tammy Wynn and Amir Shanan

Chapter 4: Quality of Life in the Animal Hospice and Palliative Care Patient
Jessica Pierce and Amir Shanan

Chapter 5: Bond-Centered Animal Hospice and Palliative Care
Laurel Lagoni

Chapter 6: Ethical Decision-making in Animal Hospice and Palliative Care
Jessica Pierce

Chapter 7: Animal Hospice Models of Care
Kathleen Cooney

Chapter 8: Prevalence of Diseases, Causes of Death, and Common Disease Trajectories in Hospice and Palliative Care Patients
Tamara Shearer

Chapter 9: Cancers in Dogs and Cats
Alice Villalobos

Chapter 10: Chronic Kidney Disease
Shea Cox

Chapter 11: Congestive Heart Failure
Shea Cox

Chapter 12: Respiratory Distress
Cheryl Braswell

Chapter 13: Gastrointestinal Conditions
Shea Cox

Chapter 14: Musculoskeletal Disorders
Tamara Shearer

Chapter 15: Nervous System Disease
Tamara Shearer

Chapter 16: Cognitive Dysfunction
Tamara Shearer

Chapter 17: Recognizing Distress
Suzanne Hetts and Kristina August

Chapter 18: Pharmacology Interventions for Symptom Management
Shea Cox

Chapter 19: Physical Medicine, Rehabilitation and CIM (complementary and integrative medicine) Treatment Modalities
Tamara Shearer and Kristina August

Chapter 20: Balancing Efficacy of Treatments against Burdens of Care
Kristina August

Chapter 21: Nursing Care for Seriously Ill Animals - Art and Techniques
Shea Cox and Mary Ellen Goldberg

Chapter 22: Comfort Care during Active Dying
Gail Pope and Amir Shanan

Chapter 23: Euthanasia in Animal Hospice
Kathleen Cooney

Chapter 24: Mental Health Considerations in Caring for Animal Hospice and Palliative Caregivers and Providers
Amir Shanan

Chapter 25: Addressing Spiritual Needs of Caregivers
Carol Rowehl

Chapter 26: Supporting Other Needs
Shea Cox and Mary Ellen Goldberg

Chapter 27: Aftercare
Coleen Ellis

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 192 x 246 mm
Gewicht 764 g
Einbandart kartoniert
Themenwelt Veterinärmedizin Kleintier Innere Medizin
Schlagworte Kleintiere; Veterinärmedizin
ISBN-10 1-119-03666-6 / 1119036666
ISBN-13 978-1-119-03666-1 / 9781119036661
Zustand Neuware
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