Villalobos Alice E
Pawspice and Animal Oncology Consultation Service, Woodland Hills, CA, United States.
Front Vet Sci. 2019 Sep 25;6:309. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2019.00309. eCollection 2019.
People with disabilities and those working to train, provide and support assistance animals, along with their veterinary teams, would all benefit if they RETHINK their perspective and viewpoint, and roles when these very special relationships come to an end. The end of the relationship may be when the assistance animal must retire, must be redirected, or euthanized due to illness or cancer. The loss or separation at the end of an assistance animal's service marks a heavy loss for the disabled person. Emotions emerge when the assistance animal is sick or has developed cancer or is approaching the difficult period known as "end of life." Anticipatory grief and heartbreak may be very difficult to manage and support. We can help ease the burden of decision making when euthanasia is needed for the assistance animal. If the disabled person takes on the good shepherd role and if the veterinary team emulates the minister or Mother Nature's role at the end of life or at the end of the working relationship, heartache may be lifted from both sides of the leash.
当这些非常特殊的关系结束时，如果残疾人士以及致力于训练、提供和支持辅助动物的人员及其兽医团队重新审视他们的观点、视角和角色，他们都将从中受益。关系的结束可能是因为辅助动物必须退休、必须被重新安置，或者因疾病或癌症而被安乐死。辅助动物服务结束时的失去或分离，对残疾人来说是巨大的损失。当辅助动物生病、患上癌症或接近所谓的“生命末期”这一艰难时期时，各种情绪就会出现。预期性悲伤和心碎可能很难应对和提供支持。当辅助动物需要安乐死时，我们可以帮助减轻决策的负担。如果残疾人承担起好牧羊人的角色，并且兽医团队在生命末期或工作关系结束时效仿牧师或大自然母亲的角色，那么双方的心痛可能都会减轻。
