Fred Anthony Mann, DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVS, Diplomate ACVECC is Director of Small Animal Emergency & Critical Care Services, Small Animal Soft Tissue Surgery Service Chief, and Small Animal Surgery/Neurology Instructional Leader at University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA. Gheorghe M. Constantinescu, DVM, PhD, mult. Drhc is Professor of Veterinary Anatomy and Medical Illustrator in the Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences at University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA.Hun-Young Yoon, DVM, MS, PhD is a Research Professor at the College of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Science Research Institute at Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea.

• Contributor List viiiIntroduction xiiMargaret L. CampbellSection 1 Communication Case Studies 1Case 1.1 Comsmunicating about a Progressive Diagnosis and Prognosis 5Julia A. WalchCase 1.2 Diagnosis/Prognosis Uncomplicated Death at Home 12Constance DahlinCase 1.3 Accommodating Religiosity and Spirituality in Medical Decision-Making 18Jennifer GentryCase 1.4 Discussing Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation When it May Be Useful 26Kelli GershonCase 1.5 Discussing CPR When it is a Non-Beneficial Intervention 33Judy PassagliaCase 1.6 Discussing Brain Death, Organ Donation, and Donation after Cardiac Death 41Christine Westphal and Rebecca WilliamsCase 1.7 Discussing Physiological Futility 52Judy C. WheelerCase 1.8 Wounded Families: Decision-Making in the Setting of Stressed Coping and Maladaptive Behaviors in Health Crises 60Kerstin McSteenCase 1.9 Notification of an Expected Death 68Peg NelsonCase 1.10 Death Notification after Unexpected Death 73Garrett K. ChanSection 2 Symptom Management Case Studies 83Case 2.1 Pain: Cancer in the Home 87Constance DahlinCase 2.2 Treating an Acute, Severe, Cancer Pain Exacerbation 98Patrick J. CoyneCase 2.3 Pain and Advanced Heart Failure 104Margaret L. CampbellCase 2.4 Dyspnea and Advanced COPD 110Margaret L. CampbellCase 2.5 Dyspnea and Heart Failure 117Garrett K. ChanCase 2.6 Treating Dyspnea during Ventilator Withdrawal 128Margaret L. CampbellCase 2.7 Cough Associated with COPD and Lung Cancer 138Peg NelsonCase 2.8 Hiccups and Advanced Illness 145Marian GrantCase 2.9 Treating Nausea Associated with Advanced Cancer 152Judy C. WheelerCase 2.10 Nausea Associated with Bowel Obstruction 161Terri L. MaxwellCase 2.11 Nausea Related to Uremia, Dialysis Cessation 168Linda M. GormanCase 2.12 Opioid-Induced Pruritus 176Richelle Nugent HooperCase 2.13 Pruritus in End-Stage Renal Disease 183Linda M. GormanCase 2.14 Opioid-Induced Constipation 190Grace Cullen OligarioCase 2.15 Depression in Advanced Disease 198Todd HultmanCase 2.16 Treating Anxiety 205Darrell OwensCase 2.17 Terminal Secretions 213Terri L. MaxwellCase 2.18 Fungating Wounds and the Palliative Care Patient 220Laura C. HarmonCase 2.19 Pressure Ulcer Care in Palliative Care 229Laura C. HarmonCase 2.20 Treating Ascites 239Darrell OwensCase 2.21 Delirium Management in Palliative Care 247Kerstin McSteenSection 3 Family Care Case Studies 257Case 3.1 Caring for the Family Expecting a Loss 259Patricia A. Murphy and David M. PriceCase 3.2 Anticipatory Grief and the Dysfunctional Family 266Rita J. DiBiaseCase 3.3 Acute and Uncomplicated Grief after an Expected Death 277Rita J. DiBiaseCase 3.4 Bereavement after Unexpected Death 289Garrett K. ChanCase 3.5 Complicated Grief 300Rita J. DiBiaseIndex 309

Clinical Pathology for the Veterinary Team will help experienced veterinary technicians set up various clinical laboratory diagnostic tests. It provides a good explanation of basic laboratory practices, the underlying concepts of many laboratory tests, and the physiology of common disease conditions. This book is well worth the price. (Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, December 2010) This book provides a good overall summary of basic clinical pathology in small animals. Although it is fairly short and concise, it contains all the necessary relevant information and includes a CD that takes readers thorough six complicated cases, step by step. This is a useful book that would be a handy reference to have in a practice. It is easy to read, concise, and informative. Although it is aimed at small animal veterinary teams, it includes limited information about large animal species, which is important for a good, general understanding. (Doodys, December 2010) Clinical Pathology for the Veterinary Team offers a fine recourse for technical team members involved in clinical diagnostic evaluation. Machinery calibration, normal anatomy, clinical diagnostics and more are revealed in chapters that provide key technical information for Obtaining and evaluating samples, surveying the disease process, the progress of identification and treatment, and including a DVD with interactive cases. Vet collections need this! (THE MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW, November 2010) Rosenfeld, a veterinarian who is associated with an education corporation that specializes in seminar training for the hospital team, and Dial (veterinary science and microbiology, U. of Arizona) provide a resource for technical veterinary team members performing clinical diagnostic evaluation in small animal lab work. (Book News, September 2010) ReviewUpdater-Profile_15@1326747466641