Pet hospitals in the process of operation, always meet individual pet owners, they blindly think that the current level of medical care is very high, any disease can be good, and at the same time do not understand the specific condition of the pet, but also did not recognize the complexity of the disease and the differences in the individual animal, think that spending money on medical treatment, the disease will naturally be good, a thought, the doctor is the doctor's business, and do not pay attention to the severity of the disease.
In the face of such pet owners, the receiving veterinarian must be especially attentive treatment, can not give the pet owner too high expectations, in the face of uncertainty about the disease, can not say too confident words, always maintain the fear of life, seriously do a good job in every aspect of the work, otherwise, once the pet death and other situations, the pet owner will be difficult to accept, and even emotional outbursts, prone to trigger a conflict of incentives with the medical staff. The incentive conflict.
This article attempts to explore the nature of medical treatment, so that pet owners and pet hospital health care workers understand the essence of medical behavior, so as to establish a healthier doctor-patient relationship and reduce disputes in pet medical treatment.
Thomas Szasz, an American physician, said, "Once upon a time, when religion was strong and science was weak, people mistook the power of God for medical treatment; and today, when science is strong and religion is weak, people mistake medical treatment for divine power."
This quote speaks to the two extremes of how people view medical care: in the old days, looking to God for medical care; and today, thinking of medical care as omnipotent.
So now there is a part of the pet owners, think send pets to see a doctor, like into the repair shop, the vet will be able to through a needle or do a surgery, the pet can be cured; in fact, the real cure for the disease, is the animal organism itself, all the medical behavior, just to help the living organism of self-repair.