An Introduction to Veterinary Humanities

Although veterinary professionals can now provide technologically sophisticated medical care for animals, every day they ask themselves questions that lie outside the realm of science.How do I overcome my dread of this hostile client? How can I protect myself from moral stress? What level of intervention is ethically appropriate for this patient?What does professionalism mean for me? While the work can be immensely rewarding, the veterinary sector can be very challenging.It is a world where clinical care is influenced and professionalism affected by multiple factors relating to colleagues, patients, animal caregivers and wider societal contexts.We deal every day with human problems that science alone can’t solve. This book offers new ways to think about these issues through the emerging interdisciplinary field of veterinary humanities.It breaks new ground in bringing together insights from multiple academic perspectives - history, art, ethics, social sciences and many more - to think a