在彩虹的庇荫下：动物临终关怀的历史

In the shadow of a rainbow: the history of animal hospice.

作者信息

Marocchino Kathryn D

机构信息

ABS School of Maritime Policy and Management, Culture and Communication Division, California State University Maritime, 200 Maritime Academy Drive, Vallejo, CA 94590, USA.

出版信息

Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract. 2011 May;41(3):477-98. doi: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2011.03.008.

DOI:10.1016/j.cvsm.2011.03.008

PMID:21601741

Abstract

This article outlines the young history of animal hospice by first focusing on the history of human hospice, with special emphasis on the last 200 years. It then examines similarities between the two, showing how human hospice has informed its animal counterpart and defined it as specialized comfort care benefiting terminally ill companion animals in their home setting as well as a unique journey wherein the caregiver understands that quality of death is as important as quality of life. The article includes a bibliography and two specialized reading lists-on human hospice and on the growing field of animal hospice.

摘要

本文首先聚焦人类临终关怀的历史，特别着重于过去200年的历史，以此概述动物临终关怀的简短历程。接着，本文审视了两者之间的相似之处，展示了人类临终关怀如何为动物临终关怀提供信息，并将其定义为在家庭环境中为身患绝症的伴侣动物提供的专门舒适护理，以及一段独特的旅程，在此过程中，护理人员明白死亡质量与生活质量同样重要。本文还包括一份参考文献以及两份专门的阅读清单——一份关于人类临终关怀，另一份关于不断发展的动物临终关怀领域。