Main description:

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:

List of Contributors xix 1 Introduction 1 Jessica Pierce References 3 Further Reading 4 2 What is Animal Hospice and Palliative Care? 5 Amir Shanan and Tamara Shearer 3 The Interdisciplinary Team 15 Tammy Wynn and Amir Shanan 4 Quality of Life in the Animal Hospice and Palliative Care Patient 27 Jessica Pierce and Amir Shanan 5 Bond -Centered Animal Hospice and Palliative Care 41 Laurel Lagoni and Amir Shanan 6 Ethical Decision Making in Animal Hospice and Palliative Care 57 Jessica Pierce and Amir Shanan 7 Animal Hospice Models of Care 73 Kathleen Cooney 8 Prevalence of Diseases, Causes of Death, and Common Disease Trajectories in Hospice and Palliative Care Patients 81 Tamara Sheare 9 Cancers in Dogs and Cats 89 Alice Villalobos 10 Chronic Kidney Disease 101 Shea Cox 11 Congestive Heart Failure 109 Shea Cox 12 Respiratory Distress 115 Cheryl Braswel 13 Gastrointestinal Conditions 123 Shea Cox 14 Musculoskeletal Disorders 129 Tamara Shearer 15 Nervous System Disease 137 Tamara Shearer 16 Cognitive Dysfunction 147 Tamara Shearer 17 Recognizing Distress 153 Suzanne Hetts and Kristina August 18 Pharmacology Interventions for Symptom Management 165 Shea Cox 19 Physical Medicine, Rehabilitation, and Complementary and Integrative Medicine Treatment Modalities Tamara Shearer and Kristina August 20 Balancing Efficacy of Treatments against Burdens of Care 199 Kristina August 21 Nursing Care for Seriously Ill Animals Art and Techniques 211 Shea Cox and Mary Ellen Goldberg 22 Comfort Care During Active Dying 231 Gail Pope and Amir Shanan 23 Euthanasia in Animal Hospice 251 Kathleen Cooney 24 Mental Health Considerations in Caring for Animal Hospice and Palliative Caregivers and Providers 263 Amir Shanan 25 Addressing Spiritual Needs of Caregivers 285 Carol Rowehl 26 Supporting Other Needs 299 Shea Cox and Mary Ellen Goldberg 27 Aftercare 307 Coleen Ellis Index 313