The owner of the pet with cancer.
Cancer is an emotionally charged disease. During treatment, it is not uncommon for pet owners to engage veterinarians in frank discussions and emotional confrontations based on their fears and anxieties about cancer. Pet loss counseling skills are invaluable when dealing with clients after the death of their companion animal. Incorporating pet loss counseling into a veterinary practice is pragmatic as well as compassionate because clients who feel that they have received good emotional care in addition to medical care return to the veterinarian with new pets and recommend the practice to others.
Colorado State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Fort Collins.
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D000818:Animals; D001601:Bereavement; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000523:psychology; D002415:Cats; D003376:Counseling; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000523:psychology; D004285:Dogs; D005065:Euthanasia / Q000662:veterinary; D001841:Human-Animal Bond; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology / Q000662:veterinary*; D009769:Object Attachment; D014730:Veterinary Medicine