Owner advocacy makes the difference for pets in pain

In the words of the philosopher and ethicist, Bernard E. Rollin, “both human and veterinary medicine can no longer ignore the moral and medical dimensions of felt pain.” But pain medicine in the veterinary profession is still a “touchy” subject. On the one hand, more veterinarians are expressing interest in learning how to recognize and definitively treat pain; the International Veterinary Academy of Pain Management now offers certification in this field. And the lead author of the Associati