Literature DB >> 28878419

Dominick Rathwell-Deault1, Béatrice Godard1, Diane Frank1, André Ravel1, Béatrice Doizé1.   

Abstract

Convenience euthanasia in companion animals: Dilemma among veterinarians in Quebec. Many veterinarians working in the field of companion animal medicine have to deal with requests for convenience euthanasia in their practices. As it is the case in other medical fields, veterinarians are trained to treat their patients. It is thus easy to understand that veterinarians consider convenience euthanasia as one of the most difficult ethical dilemmas they have to deal with in their practice. Regulatory boundaries concerning the practice of euthanasia are limited to the method use to induce the death of the animal but do not give any indication as to what should be the proper circumstances surrounding the request. To date, there are few articles on this matter and the perspective of veterinarians on the subject was rarely addressed. This article reports results obtained following a study conducted upon Québec's veterinarians on the topic of convenience euthanasia. The data was obtained via an online survey created by the research team to evaluate the perspective of veterinarians on the topic, how they perceived consequences of convenience euthanasia and what were the solutions they would take into consideration in order to help the profession on resolving their dilemma. The data collected sheds light on the existing duality between double allegiance regarding the duties emerging from the relation with the patient (animal) and the client (pet owner) veterinarian are facing in their daily practice. On one hand veterinarians recognized that 'convenience euthanasia' is contrary to animal welfare. On the other hand they also recognized the pet owner's right to ask for 'convenience euthanasia' when he can no longer care for its pet.(Translated by Dr. Rathwell-Deault).

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Year:  2017        PMID: 28878419      PMCID: PMC5556486     

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Can Vet J        ISSN: 0008-5286            Impact factor:   1.008


  7 in total

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Journal:  Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract       Date:  2007-01       Impact factor: 2.093

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Journal:  Vet Rec       Date:  2006-01-14       Impact factor: 2.695

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Authors:  Timothy P Johnson; Joseph S Wislar
Journal:  JAMA       Date:  2012-05-02       Impact factor: 56.272

4.  Veterinary opinions on refusing euthanasia: justifications and philosophical frameworks.

Authors:  J W Yeates; D C J Main
Journal:  Vet Rec       Date:  2011-02-28       Impact factor: 2.695

5.  Expected consequences of convenience euthanasia perceived by veterinarians in Quebec.

Authors:  Dominick Rathwell-Deault; Béatrice Godard; Diane Frank; Béatrice Doizé
Journal:  Can Vet J       Date:  2017-07       Impact factor: 1.008

6.  Conceptualization of convenience euthanasia as an ethical dilemma for veterinarians in Quebec.

Authors:  Dominick Rathwell-Deault; Béatrice Godard; Diane Frank; Béatrice Doizé
Journal:  Can Vet J       Date:  2017-03       Impact factor: 1.008

7.  Making sense of Cronbach's alpha.

Authors:  Mohsen Tavakol; Reg Dennick
Journal:  Int J Med Educ       Date:  2011-06-27
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