Coping with lab animal morbidity and mortality: a trainer's role.
The author discusses the role of an animal research facility trainer in helping to teach laboratory animal facility staff how to recognize negative behavior patterns, manage grief, and help to prevent feelings of guilt.
Overhulse
Kimberly A
KA
Lab Animal Facility, California State Polytechnic University Pomona, 3801 West Temple Ave., Bldg. 92, Pomona, CA 91768, USA. kaoverhulse@csupomona.edu.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological / Q000941:ethics*; D017750:Animal Technicians / Q000523:psychology*; D000827:Animal Welfare / Q000941:ethics*; D000818:Animals; D000830:Animals, Laboratory; D001293:Attitude to Death; D001601:Bereavement; D007756:Laboratory Animal Science / Q000193:education*; D013663:Teaching / Q000941:ethics / Q000379:methods*