Narrative Medicine in Veterinary Practice
Improving Client Communication, Patient Care, and Veterinary Well-being
Karen R. Fine
- 168 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Narrative Medicine in Veterinary Practice
Improving Client Communication, Patient Care, and Veterinary Well-being
Karen R. Fine
About This Book
This is the first guide to Veterinary Narrative Medicine, a cutting-edge approach in human medicine with multiple applications in veterinary medicine. The text combines the latest research with numerous real-world examples and practical techniques to improve client communication, patient care, and veterinary well-being.
Narrative Medicine maintains that a patient should be viewed as an individual rather than an example of a disease process, and that this can be accomplished by using narrative. This book explores methods and theories from leaders in the human Narrative Medicine field while addressing topics unique to veterinary medicine. Readers will gain tools to help navigate difficult conversations and situations in clinical practice, including those involving the end of life.
Narrative Medicine in Veterinary Practice also addresses the important issue of veterinary wellness. The ability to view the veterinarian's own stories and those of clients and patients as narratives may help practitioners maintain both emotional and work-place boundaries as well as decrease burnout and compassion fatigue. The book describes basic techniques to promote self-reflection and mindfulness, skills often overlooked in the veterinary profession which can improve resilience and increase the enjoyment of veterinary practice.
This is important reading for veterinary practitioners, students, veterinary nurses, technicians, social workers, and all veterinary clinic staff.
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Index
- AAHAās Trends magazine 120
- AAVMC
- abilities, clients with different 119ā20
- Access to Veterinary Care Coalition (AVCC) 120
- acupuncture 19, 52, 61, 107
- acupuncturists, veterinary 10
- ADR
- affiliation 7ā8
- Aināt Doinā Right (ADR) 40
- AlignCareĀ® 122
- Always Hurts A Bit (Redmond) 144ā5
- ambiguity, tolerance for 31
- American Family Physician 61
- Angell Animal Medical Center 129, 158
- anticipatory grief 56, 89ā90, 129
- anxiety 26, 28, 52, 56, 91, 120, 129, 158, 189
- anxiety disorder 18
- anxious client
- guidelines for dealing with 56ā7
- reassuring 56ā7
- āThe Art of Observationā 16
- Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) 116
- Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) 113, 125
- Attending: Medicine, Mindfulness, and Humanity (Epstein) 31, 66
- attention 7
- healing through 54ā55
- AVCC
- AVMAās State of the Profession Report from 2020 124
- bad news, delivery of 61ā3
- balance 11, 32, 45, 156, 159
- Balint, E. 164
- Balint, Michael 164
- Balint group 164
- Bark magazine 62
- BechdelāWallace test 125
- Becker, M. 26, 159
- beginnerās mind 30ā2, 121, 153, 158
- behavior
- feline elimination 18ā19
- veterinary 1...