Blue Juice : Euthanasia in Veterinary Medicine
ISBN: 9781439907061 | 1439907064
Edition: 1stFormat: Paperback
Publisher: TEMPLE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Pub. Date: 6/1/2012
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How veterinarians and pet owners manage companion animal euthanasia.
Offering a candid behind-the-scenes look at small-animal veterinary practices, Blue Juiceexplores the emotional and ethical conflicts involved in providing a "good death" for companion animals. Patricia Morris presents a nuanced ethnographic account of how veterinarians manage patient care and client relations when their responsibility shifts from saving an animal's life to negotiating a decision to end it. Using her own experiences and observatio... MORE
Offering a candid behind-the-scenes look at small-animal veterinary practices, Blue Juiceexplores the emotional and ethical conflicts involved in providing a "good death" for companion animals. Patricia Morris presents a nuanced ethnographic account of how veterinarians manage patient care and client relations when their responsibility shifts from saving an animal's life to negotiating a decision to end it. Using her own experiences and observatio... MORE
| Acknowledgments | p. vii |
| Introduction: Euthanasia in Veterinary Medicine | p. 1 |
| Negotiating Death: Managing Disagreement with Pet Owners | p. 19 |
| Creating a Good Death: The Dramaturgy of Veterinary Euthanasia | p. 49 |
| Strange Intimacy: Managing Pet Owners' Emotions | p. 80 |
| Learning to Euthanize: Death and the Novice Veterinarian | p. 106 |
| Coping with Euthanasia: Emotion-Management Strategies | ... MORE |
| Conclusion: Animals as Property and Patients | p. 170 |
| Appendix: Methodology | p. 187 |
| Notes | p. 193 |
| References | p. 205 |
| Index | p. 227 |
| Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved. |
Patricia Morris is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Drury University.
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