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

Amir Shanan, DVM, is the Founding President of the International Association for Animal Hospice and Palliative Care, www.iaahpc.org, and the owner of Compassionate Veterinary Hospice, a veterinary practice dedicated to providing end-of-life care services, in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Jessica Pierce, BA, M.Div., PhD, is a bioethicist and affiliate faculty at the Center for Bioethics and Humanities, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, USA.

Tamara Shearer, DVM, CCRP, CVPP, CVA, is the owner of Western Carolina Animal Pain Clinic / Shearer Pet Health Hospital in Sylva, North Carolina, USA.