Preventing and managing pain has become a fundamental part of quality and compassionate patient care in veterinary medicine. In fact, animal pain and suffering are clinically important conditions that adversely affect an animaal's quality of life, and methods to prevent and control pain must be tailored to the animal. As advocates for their patients, the veterinary team has the responsibility to recognize, assess, prevent, and treat pain. Considering that many dogs and cats still receive little to no analgesia following surgery, trauma or diseases, the Authors suggest the development of guidelines on pain management to assist the veterinarian in optimizing comfort care.
La terapia del dolore negli animali da compagnia: aspetti medico-legali
DELLA ROCCA, Giorgia;
2011
Abstract
Preventing and managing pain has become a fundamental part of quality and compassionate patient care in veterinary medicine. In fact, animal pain and suffering are clinically important conditions that adversely affect an animaal's quality of life, and methods to prevent and control pain must be tailored to the animal. As advocates for their patients, the veterinary team has the responsibility to recognize, assess, prevent, and treat pain. Considering that many dogs and cats still receive little to no analgesia following surgery, trauma or diseases, the Authors suggest the development of guidelines on pain management to assist the veterinarian in optimizing comfort care.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.