Narrative Medicine in Veterinary Practice: Improving Client Communication, Patient Care, and Veterinary Well-being

This is the first guide to Veterinary Narrative Medicine, a cutting-edge approach in human medicine with multiple applications in veterinary medicine.The text combines the latest research with numerous real-world examples and practical techniques to improve client communication, patient care, and veterinary well-being.Narrative Medicine maintains that a patient should be viewed as an individual rather than an example of a disease process, and that this can be accomplished by using narrative.This book explores methods and theories from leaders in the human Narrative Medicine field while addressing topics unique to veterinary medicine.Readers will gain tools to help navigate difficult conversations and situations in clinical practice, including those involving the end of life.Narrative Medicine in Veterinary Practice also addresses the important issue of veterinary wellness.The ability to view the veterinarian's own stories and those of clients and patients as narratives may help practit