title: Ten tips for veterinarians dealing with terminally ill patients.
abstract: This article discusses tips for veterinarians dealing with terminally ill patients. These tips include veterinarians taking care of themselves physically, mentally, and spiritually and exploring beliefs about pets dying. This article also addresses veterinarians' relationships to pets and owners and their role as facilitator; studying the ethics of end-of-life-treatment; referring owners to other specialists; and taking care of staff.
authors: aakashi@columbus.rr.com
authors: Azaria
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authors: Akashi