Exploring the Gray Zone (eBook)

Case Discussions of Ethical Dilemmas for the Veterinary Technician

Andrea DeSantis Kerr, Robert "Pete" Bill, Christina V. Tran (Herausgeber)

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2016
120 Seiten
Purdue University Press (Verlag)
978-1-61249-463-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Veterinary technicians face difficult situations on a daily basis. They dedicate their lives to aiding in the treatment of animals and relieving suffering, serving as each patient's main advocate and caretaker. The veterinary technician holds a unique role in patient care. Acting as the intermediary between the veterinarian prescribing treatment and the patient, they play a large part in the communication and education of clients. Veterinary technicians have greatly expanded their roles and find themselves not only an integral part of veterinary practice, but in research institutions, animal shelters, and universities as well.This text explores difficult situations veterinary technicians face on a daily basis through the use of case examples and dialogue. Each case scenario describes a real-life situation for a veterinary technician, poses thought-provoking questions, and provides commentary that focuses on the legal aspect of the scenario, the social or personal ethics of the parties involved, and/or the welfare of the animal (s). The case scenarios encompass clinical situations in a practice setting as well as situations involving business ethics and interpersonal relationships between colleagues.The case format of the book lends itself to discussion and can be utilized in veterinary technology courses that focus on ethics, communications, management, and leadership. The real-life case examples make the book an enjoyable read for practicing veterinary technicians as well. There currently are over two hundred veterinary technology programs and thousands of practicing veterinary technicians within the United States and Canada.

Autor

Andrea DeSantis Kerr is affiliated with Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine. She holds a continuing lecturer position in the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine program and has twelve years of educational experience.

Robert "Pete" Bill is affiliated with Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine. He is a professor of veterinary pharmacology and assistant dean for Academic Affairs, Teaching, and Learning. He is the former director of the Purdue Veterinary Technology program and has over twenty-five years of veterinary technology experience.

Jamie Schoenbeck Walsh is retired and served as an instructor of veterinary technology and head advisor for the Purdue Veterinary Technology program. In addition to holding her RVT degree, She is a registered nurse and has a combined twenty-six years of experience.

Christina V. Tran is the director of the Purdue Veterinary Technology program and previously worked as a faculty member in the Portland Community College Veterinary Technology Department. She has fifteen years of veterinary experience.

Inhalt

Contents

Preface

Introduction

Case Scenarios: Suggested Approach To Using These Cases

CASE 1 How Much Help is Too Much Help?

CASE 2 Sharing the Hidden Truth

CASE 3 Convenience Euthanasia

CASE 4 Social Media: Not as Private as You Think

CASE 5 Between a Rock and a Hard Place

CASE 6 Employee Leaving: What to Tell the Clients?

CASE 7 What About the Lambs?

CASE 8 She Said What? Gossip in the Workplace

CASE 9 Hospital Volunteer

CASE 10 Contagious Disease and Confidentiality

CASE 11 When Roles of Veterinarians and Veterinary Technicians Blur

CASE 12 Standard of Care?

CASE 13 Whats In an Answer?

CASE 14 Popular Party Guy or Ethical Concern?

CASE 15 Is it Discrimination?

CASE 16 Well-Intentioned Friend?

CASE 17 Forbid or Forget?

CASE 18 Suspicious Client?

CASE 19 Hiring in a Close Community

CASE 20 Ringworm Kitten at the Babysitters

CASE 21 Who Makes the Call?

CASE 22 How Rough Is Too Rough?

CASE 23 On Call Dilemma

CASE 24 A Business on the Side

CASE 25 Compliment? Or Reason for Concern?

CASE 26 The Helpful Neighbor or the Meddling Neighbor

CASE 27 Cyberbullying

Epilogue

Contributors

Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.8.2016
• Reihe/Serie: New Directions in the Human-Animal Bond
• Reihe/Serie: New Directions in the Human-Animal Bond
• Verlagsort: West Lafayette
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Medizinethik
• Themenwelt: Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
• Themenwelt: Veterinärmedizin
• ISBN-10: 1-61249-463-3 / 1612494633
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61249-463-0 / 9781612494630