Factors contributing to the decision for euthanasia of dogs with congestive heart failure

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 214, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1201-1204

  Mallery, Kevin F ^a   Freeman, Lisa M ^a   Harpster, Neil K ^b   Rush, John E ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Angell Memorial Animal Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; COUGHING; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DYSPNEA; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANOREXIA; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; COUGH; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DYSPNEA; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0033560276     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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