
Creating a medical and emotional support road map for patient care can take the veterinary team from “service provider” to “trusted partner.”
Carmack is the director of hospice and palliative care at Caring Pathways, a national at-home end-of-life veterinary practice. She founded Hampton Roads Veterinary Hospice in 2011 and has developed a special interest in integrative approaches to palliative pain management.

Creating a medical and emotional support road map for patient care can take the veterinary team from “service provider” to “trusted partner.”

May is Arthritis Awareness Month, which is a good time to review our approach to this common diagnosis in small animals.

On this episode of The Vet Blast Podcast presented by dvm360, the Caring Pathways team joins Adam Christman, DVM, MBA, to talk all about end-of-life care

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The Certified Hospice and Palliative Care Veterinarian certification enables veterinarians to be not only healers but also compassionate guides through the final chapters of a patient’s life.

Learn about caregiver burden, how to improve communication with clients, and why their decision-making is affected by a pet’s end-of-life journey

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