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- Title
Grief for pets Part 1: Overview and update on the literature.
- Authors
Hewson, Caroline
- Abstract
Many veterinary practices do not take a comprehensive approach to client care during animals' end-of-life phase. This can create avoidable client distress and contributes to client attrition, loss of prospective clients, and staff burnout. However, most veterinary personnel have not received professional training in how pet loss affects clients, and how best to communicate with clients who are grieving. This article provides an update on the research on grief for pets, including the types of grief, factors affecting it and the four particular difficulties faced by owners (lack of societal support; guilt following euthanasia; animals as links to other humans; and frequency of bereavement). A second article will critique popular assumptions about clients' grief and outline practical approaches and wording that practices can use to support clients during animals' end-of-life phase.
- Publication
Veterinary Ireland Journal, 2014, Vol 4, Issue 7, p380
- ISSN
2009-3942
- Publication type
Academic Journal