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VETERINARY ANAESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA
Volume 46, Issue 3, Pages 260-275Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaa.2018.11.006
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anaesthesia; animal welfare; ethical dilemma; intensive care; suffering
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Medical progress has greatly advanced our ability to manage animals with critical and terminal diseases. We now have the ability to sustain life even in the most dire of circumstances. However, the preservation of life may not be synonymous with providing 'quality of life', and worse, could cause unnecessary suffering. Using the results of an electronic survey, we aim to outline and give examples of ethical dilemmas faced by veterinary anaesthetists dealing with critically ill animals, how the impact of these dilemmas could be mitigated, and what thought processes underlie decision-making in such situations.
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