This chapter considers key practical ethical skills of veterinarians as they try to recognize moral patients. One of the ideas highligthed focused on the concept of this approach "treat others as we would want them to treat us, or (much more demandingly) to love one's neighbour as oneself.

This book contains 16 chapters that discuss mental and emotional health in the veterinary practice, ruling out physical disorders leading to behavioural changes, addressing pain in veterinary psychiatry, normal behaviour, raising mentally and emotionally healthy pets, diagnosis, learning principles ...

This chapter addressed cases in the first-opinion practice, including communication with owners and practice design.

This chapter focuses particularly on the features of pain that are relevant to changes in behaviour and their impact on the emotional state of the animal.

This chapter discusses the motivations, values and identities of thanatourism. The motivation to visit death spaces could be related to religion, personal or social identity, empathy and remembrance. However, there are also secular sets of motivations, including education and cognition, curiosity,...

This impact of animals on human health and well-being are described. This chapter begins by providing a short overview of the general known positive effects on human mental health and wellbeing from the contact with pets that are kept at home as companion animals, describes case examples of a...

This chapter describes the concept of spirituality and religion and their role in human health.

This chapter describes the role of behaviour in animal welfare assessment; the behavioural need of an animal; knowledge on emotional brain circuitry; the positive and negative emotions experienced by animals; the different types of tests for measuring animal preference, aversion and motivation and...

This chapter discusses topics relative to euthanasia, including indications for euthanasia, methods to be applied, how to confirm unconsciousness and death and the human side of euthanasia as it applies to emotional and psychological well-being. Electrical methods, inhalants and the use of...

This chapter introduces the concept of emotional intelligence in general, and then explains the relevance of emotional intelligence for tourism and hospitality businesses. The outline of the book is also presented.