Animal Hospice and Palliative Medicine for the House Call Veterinarian, 1st Edition
Author :
Lynn Hendrix
Date of Publication: 09/2022
This item will be released on 16/09/2022. Pre-order now and we will deliver on the release date.
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 veteri
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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.
Over the past five years, there has been a significant rise in the number of pet owners who are seeking in-home medical treatment options for their pet — particularly with regard to end-of-life care. This practical resource by Dr. Lynn Hendrix is the perfect guide for those veterinarians wanting to help meet this growing demand by incorporating house calls and end-of-life consulting into their practice. From setting up your business and performing your first in-home consultation to performing in-home euthanasia and providing grief support, Dr. Hendrix will walk you through how to effectively navigate all of the procedures and challenges related to this vital area of veterinary care and help maximize the amount of quality time that a pet has left.
Key Features
Comprehensive coverage addresses the essential topics of palliative care, hospice, and euthanasia.
Key topics range from setting up a mobile business, in-home consultations to pain management, complementary medicine, physical support for the pet, and much more.
Information on the diseases commonly seen at the end of life includes disease progression and trajectories.
Single-source review covers animal end-of-life care and consulting, specifically through mobile veterinary services.
100 full-color clinical photos depict the concepts and procedures of animal palliative care.
Practical insights are provided in the areas of family grief support, compassion fatigue, managing difficult home visits, and dispelling the myths of animal hospice and euthanasia.
Author 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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