Hospice and Palliative Care for Companion Animals: Principles and Practice

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   INDICE: List of Contributors xix .1 Introduction 1Jessica Pierce .References 3 .Further Reading 4 .2 What is Animal Hospice and Palliative Care? 5Amir Shanan and Tamara Shearer .3 The Interdisciplinary Team  15Tammy Wynn and Amir Shanan .4 Quality of Life in the Animal Hospice and Palliative Care Patient 27Jessica Pierce and Amir Shanan .5 Bond –Centered Animal Hospice and Palliative Care 41Laurel Lagoni and Amir Shanan .6 Ethical Decision Making in Animal Hospice and Palliative Care 57Jessica Pierce and Amir Shanan .7 Animal Hospice Models of Care 73Kathleen Cooney .8 Prevalence of Diseases, Causes of Death, and Common Disease Trajectories in Hospice and Palliative Care Patients 81Tamara Sheare .9 Cancers in Dogs and Cats 89Alice Villalobos .10 Chronic Kidney Disease 101Shea Cox .11 Congestive Heart Failure 109Shea Cox .12 Respiratory Distress 115Cheryl Braswel .13 Gastrointestinal Conditions 123Shea Cox .14 Musculoskeletal Disorders 129Tamara Shearer .15 Nervous System Disease 137Tamara Shearer .16 Cognitive Dysfunction 147Tamara Shearer .17 Recognizing Distress 153Suzanne Hetts and Kristina August .18 Pharmacology Interventions for Symptom Management 165Shea Cox .19 Physical Medicine, Rehabilitation, and Complementary and Integrative Medicine Treatment ModalitiesTamara Shearer and Kristina August20 Balancing Efficacy of Treatments against Burdens of Care 199Kristina August .21 Nursing Care for Seriously Ill Animals Art and Techniques 211Shea Cox and Mary Ellen Goldberg .22 Comfort Care During Active Dying 231Gail Pope and Amir Shanan .23 Euthanasia in Animal Hospice 251Kathleen Cooney .24 Mental Health Considerations in Caring for Animal Hospice and Palliative Caregivers and Providers 263Amir Shanan .25 Addressing Spiritual Needs of Caregivers 285Carol Rowehl .26 Supporting Other Needs 299Shea Cox and Mary Ellen Goldberg .27 Aftercare 307Coleen Ellis .Index 313

• ISBN: 978-1-119-03666-1
• Editorial: Wiley–Blackwell
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 352
• Fecha Publicación: 04/04/2017
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés