When veterinary teams are faced with clients who can't afford to pay

• Autores: Tierney Kinnison
• Localización: Veterinary Record, ISSN-e 2042-7670, Vol. 179, Nº. 23, 2016
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • WORKING within the veterinary field is complex. The multiple stakeholders that a veterinary surgeon considers within ethical-decision making have long been understood to include the clinician, patient and client, as well as the profession and the profession’s relationship with society (May 2012). When veterinary surgeons and nurses graduate in the UK, they must make the well-known declaration: ‘I promise and solemnly declare that I will pursue the work of my profession with integrity and accept my responsibilities to the public, my clients, the profession and the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, and that, above all, my constant endeavour will be to ensure the health and welfare of animals committed to my care’ (RCVS 2012a, 2012b). This is all the more challenging when presented with clients who cannot pay for care which is considered necessary.