Hospice and Palliative Care for Companion Animals

List of Contributors xix 1 Introduction 1Jessica Pierce References 3 Further Reading 4 2 What is Animal Hospice and Palliative Care? 5Amir Shanan and Tamara Shearer 3 The Interdisciplinary Team 15Tammy Wynn and Amir Shanan 4 Quality of Life in the Animal Hospice and Palliative Care Patient 27Jessica Pierce and Amir Shanan 5 Bond -Centered Animal Hospice and Palliative Care 41Laurel Lagoni and Amir Shanan 6 Ethical Decision Making in Animal Hospice and Palliative Care 57Jessica Pierce and Amir Shanan 7 Animal Hospice Models of Care 73Kathleen Cooney 8 Prevalence of Diseases, Causes of Death, and Common Disease Trajectories in Hospice and Palliative Care Patients 81Tamara Sheare 9 Cancers in Dogs and Cats 89Alice Villalobos 10 Chronic Kidney Disease 101Shea Cox 11 Congestive Heart Failure 109Shea Cox 12 Respiratory Distress 115Cheryl Braswel 13 Gastrointestinal Conditions 123Shea Cox 14 Musculoskeletal Disorders 129Tamara Shearer 15 Nervous System Disease 137Tamara Shearer 16 Cognitive Dysfunction 147Tamara Shearer 17 Recognizing Distress 153Suzanne Hetts and Kristina August 18 Pharmacology Interventions for Symptom Management 165Shea Cox 19 Physical Medicine, Rehabilitation, and Complementary and Integrative Medicine Treatment ModalitiesTamara Shearer and Kristina August20 Balancing Efficacy of Treatments against Burdens of Care 199Kristina August 21 Nursing Care for Seriously Ill Animals Art and Techniques 211Shea Cox and Mary Ellen Goldberg 22 Comfort Care During Active Dying 231Gail Pope and Amir Shanan 23 Euthanasia in Animal Hospice 251Kathleen Cooney 24 Mental Health Considerations in Caring for Animal Hospice and Palliative Caregivers and Providers 263Amir Shanan 25 Addressing Spiritual Needs of Caregivers 285Carol Rowehl 26 Supporting Other Needs 299Shea Cox and Mary Ellen Goldberg 27 Aftercare 307Coleen Ellis Index 313