Ethical issues associated with end of life considerations. Is palliative care always for the benefit of the owner?

Authors: Stephens T
Publication: Proceedings of the Australian Veterinary Association (AVA) Annual Conferences, Volume 2014 AVA Annual Conference, Perth, Issue Small Animal / Welfare / Behaviour, May 2014
Publisher: Australian Veterinary Association

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Abstract: In order to examine the ethical issues surrounding end of life considerations for the veterinarian we need to address a number of questions. What is ethics? What is the role of the veterinarian? What is the legal situation? What is palliative care? How do we make end of life decisions?

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