Editorial: Veterinary profession in the 21st century – time for a health check
Mendez, Diana (2024) Editorial: Veterinary profession in the 21st century – time for a health check. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 10. 1338627.
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Abstract
[Extract] Veterinarians are polyvalent health practitioners who typically work long hours, often in difficult environments and circumstances that can rapidly evolve into crisis scenarios necessitating life-or-death decisions. As such, veterinarians are subjected to a trove of occupational risks that threaten their health and wellbeing. They are expected to mitigate these risks while navigating the ethical conundrums of meeting their legal responsibilities. Additionally, veterinarians are exposed to more insidious and difficult risks that need to be managed. Overworking, isolation, professional and financial pressures, enacting animal euthanasia, or witnessing animal death or cruelty can lead to psychological distress and in some cases suicide.
| Item ID: | 82142 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Editorial) |
| ISSN: | 2297-1769 |
| Keywords: | discrimination, mental health, occupational risks, veterinarian, wellbeing |
| Copyright Information: | © 2024 Mendez. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Mar 2024 00:07 |
| FoR Codes: | 30 AGRICULTURAL, VETERINARY AND FOOD SCIENCES > 3009 Veterinary sciences > 300999 Veterinary sciences not elsewhere classified @ 70% 35 COMMERCE, MANAGEMENT, TOURISM AND SERVICES > 3505 Human resources and industrial relations > 350507 Workplace wellbeing and quality of working life @ 30% |
| SEO Codes: | 28 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 2801 Expanding knowledge > 280101 Expanding knowledge in the agricultural, food and veterinary sciences @ 100% |
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