Mourned Pets. About Coping with Animal Death in Veterinary Practice and Caregiver’s Experience
Mourned Pets. About Coping with Animal Death in Veterinary Practice and Caregiver’s Experience
Author(s): Łucja LangeSubject(s): Studies of Literature, Developmental Psychology, Health and medicine and law, Welfare services
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: death; euthanasia; palliative care
Summary/Abstract: The article is written from the first-person perspective as an autoethnographical attempt to describe the experience of loss of a pet companion, a cat, when the decision about euthanasia was challenged and undermined, causing regret and complex feelings about the situation. The author tries to provide explanation for her feelings and for veterinarian behavior, at the same time introducing new kind of veterinarian in-home services for palliative care and euthanasia.
Journal: ZOOPHILOLOGICA. Polish Journal of Animal Studies
- Issue Year: 2023
- Issue No: Sp. issue
- Page Range: 1-17
- Page Count: 17
- Language: English