Working together

DETERMINING the most appropriate course of action following a diagnosis is not always straightforward. However, vets have a clear ethical and legal obligation to ensure their clients have sufficient understanding to be involved in decisions about their animals’ care, and to give informed consent to treatment. The ideal way to do this is in person, but the pandemic has somewhat limited the extent to which vets can do this.

Vets want to use shared decision-making as much as possible, so that clients are closely involved in deciding which of the available treatments for