Hospice and Palliative Care for Companion Animals: Principles and Practice

Amir Shanan, Tamara Shearer, Jessica Pierce

John Wiley & Sons, Apr 17, 2017 - Medical - 352 pages

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

Contents

• What is Animal Hospice and Palliative Care?: 5
• The Interdisciplinary Team: 15
• Quality of Life in the Animal Hospice and Palliative Care Patient: 27
• BondCentered Animal Hospice and Palliative Care: 41
• Ethical Decision Making in Animal Hospice and Palliative Care: 57
• Animal Hospice Models of Care: 73
• Prevalence of Diseases Causes of Death and Common Disease Trajectories in Hospice: 81
• References: 87
• Chronic Kidney Disease: 101
• Congestive Heart Failure: 109
• Respiratory Distress: 115
• Gastrointestinal Conditions: 123
• Musculoskeletal Disorders: 129
• Nervous System Disease: 137
• Fibrocartilagenous Embolic Myelopathy: 144
• Recognizing Distress: 153
• Pharmacology Interventions for Symptom Management: 165
• Dry Mouth Xerostomia: 179
• Balancing Efficacy of Treatments against Burdens of Care: 199
• Practical Considerations: 206
• Nursing Care for Seriously Ill Animals Art and Techniques: 211
• Nursing Care Considerations: 217
• Nursing Care for Recumbent Patients: 223
• Further Reading: 230
• Changes During Early Stages of Active Dying: 235
• Euthanasia in Animal Hospice: 251
• Mental Health Considerations in Caring for Animal Hospice and Palliative Caregivers: 263
• Models of the Grieving Process: 269
• Addressing Spiritual Needs of Caregivers: 285
• Supporting Other Needs: 299
• Aftercare: 307
• Index: 313

About the author

The editors
Amir Shanan, DVM, is the Founding President of the International Association for Animal Hospice and Palliative Care, www.iaahpc.org, 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.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Hospice and Palliative Care for Companion Animals: Principles and Practice
• Editors: Amir Shanan, Tamara Shearer, Jessica Pierce
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2017
• ISBN: 1119036666, 9781119036661
• Length: 352 pages
• Subjects: Medical / Veterinary Medicine / General