End-of-Life Communication in Veterinary Medicine: Delivering Bad News and Euthanasia Decision Making

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Small Animal Practice

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 95-108

  Shaw, Jane R ^a,b   Lagoni, Laurel ^c  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c World by the Tail Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANTICIPATORY GRIEF; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONVERSATION; DECISION MAKING; EMPATHY; EXPECTATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; NONHUMAN; OBJECT RELATION; REVIEW; SATISFACTION; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; EMPATHY; EUTHANASIA, ANIMAL; GRIEF; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; VETERINARIANS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 33845294839     PISSN: 01955616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2006.09.010     Document Type: Review

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