Hospice and Palliative Care for Companion Animals: Principles and Practice, 2nd Edition

Hospice And Palliative Care For Companion Animals: Principles And Practice, 2Nd Edition Pdf Download

By Amir Shanan, Tamara Shearer and Jessica Pierce

Hospice and Palliative Care for Companion Animals: Principles and Practice 2nd Edition provides a thorough update to the first and only complete guide to this field of service, its foundations, and its applications. It addresses the needs of pets, caregivers, and veterinary professionals alike, including fundamental ethical and emotional principles as well as detailed discussion of specific illnesses and life-limiting conditions. The expanded second edition incorporates cutting-edge research into animal behavior and cognition to enrich the reader’s understanding of companion animals’ emotional needs and their experience of illness and death.

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Features

Hospice and Palliative Care for Companion Animals readers will also find:

Existing chapters expanded to incorporate new research and practical experience
New chapters discussing factors underlying the decision to euthanize, the potential role of ethology in palliative care, and more
A companion website with educational handouts for use in veterinary practices

Table of Contents

Part I: Core Concepts
- Introduction
- What Is Animal Hospice and Palliative Care?
- The Interdisciplinary Team
- Quality of Life Assessments
- Recognizing Distress
- Balancing Efficacy of Treatments Against Burdens of Care
- Ethical Decision-Making in Animal Hospice and Palliative Care
- Supportive Relationships
- Management and Administration: Business Models
Part II: Patient Care
- Cancers in Dogs and Cats
- Integrative Therapies for Palliative Care of the Veterinary Cancer Patient
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Congestive Heart Failure
- Respiratory Distress
- Gastrointestinal Conditions
- Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Nervous System Disease
- Cognitive Dysfunction
- Pharmacology Interventions for Symptom Management
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation for Hospice and Palliative Care Patients
- Integrative Medicine in Animal Hospice and Palliative Care
- Nursing Care for Seriously Ill Animals
- Comfort Care During Active Dying
- Euthanasia in Animal End-of-Life Care
Part III: Caregiver Needs: Providing Support
- Caregivers’ Emotional Burden
- Caregiver Burden in the Companion Animal Owner
- Addressing Spiritual Needs of Caregivers
- Factors Contributing to the Decision to Euthanize Pet Dogs and Cats
- Supporting Other Needs
- Aftercare