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December 2024
Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
The aim of this scoping review was to investigate the range of methods used to guide veterinarians in their approach to the death of their animal patients with the guiding question: how is this topic addressed in the training of veterinarians? We included studies written in Portuguese or English, with a theme aligned with the objective of the review and which answered the guiding question. Studies not fulfilling these criteria were excluded. A total of 22 complete studies were identified by searching the Scopus, Web of Science, PsycINFO and Pubmed databases/libraries, with no restrictions on the date of publication.
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April 2024
Brussels Expertise Centre for Healthcare Innovation (BruCHI), Erasmus Brussels University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Brussels, Belgium.
Nursing students are confronted with euthanasia during their internship and certainly during their later career but they feel inadequately prepared in dealing with a euthanasia request. This study presents a simulation module focused on euthanasia and evaluates nursing students' perceptions after they have completed the simulation practice. The 'euthanasia module' consisted of a preparatory online learning module, a good-practice video, an in-vivo simulation scenario, and a debriefing session.
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December 2023
Department of Veterinary Sciences, Università di Pisa, Viale delle Piagge 2, 56124 Pisa, Italy.
Veterinarians, unlike human physicians, could potentially care for the patient for several years, from conception to end-of-life care. Because of their close relationship with the animal, healthcare providers (for example, veterinarians and staff) are more likely to be affected by bad events and end-of-life care. The purpose of this study was to assess the emotional impact of patients' deaths on Brazilian veterinarians; 549 Brazilian veterinarians (78.
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October 2023
Centre for Sustainable Animal Stewardship, Division of Animals in Science and Society, Department of Population Health Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.
This study researched end-of-life (EoL) decision-making processes in small animal practices in the Netherlands, focusing on strategies veterinarians contemplate during this process. Fourteen veterinarians were interviewed about animal end-of-life decision-making. The results of these interviews show that the decision-making process consists of three steps.
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