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Grant, Deborah.

Pain management in small animals : by Deborah Grant. Debbie Grant. - Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2006. - 192 p. : ill.

A manual for veterinary nurses and technicians--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Concepts of Pain Management in Animals 2. Evidence that Animals Feel Pain, and its Consequences 3. Assessing Pain in Animals 4. Methods of Pain Scoring in Animals 5. The Physiology of Pain 6. The Opioid Analgesic Drugs 7. The Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Analgesic Drugs, NSAIDs 8. Other Analgesic Drugs 9. Management of Acute Pain 10. Adjunctive Methods of Pain Management 11. Chronic Pain Management and Quality of Life.

This work covers the nursing aspects of small animal pain management demonstrating how nursing procedures, techniques and care can be as beneficial to patients as the drugs administered.

ISBN: 9780750688123 (pbk.) : £19.99 9780750688123

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Pain in animals--Treatment
Pet medicine.
Veterinary nursing.
Farming and Country Life.
Veterinary medicine: small animals (pets)
Veterinary medicine: infectious diseases & therapeutics
Veterinary surgery
Veterinary nursing
Veterinary medicine

LC Class. No.: SF910.P34

Dewey Class. No.: 636.08960472 GRA