Ep 79: Empathy, Ethics and Autonomy in Vet Medicine with Dr Karen Hiestand
This week we are joined by the fantastic Karen Hiestand!
Karen shares her experiences training as a vet in New Zealand and practicing veterinary medicine in both NZ and the UK while also volunteering in many more countries.
We discuss how problems with clients affect your self-worth and how the industry can improve working environments to deal with traumatic situations through ethics and reflection. We also share out experience with personal ethics tests and Karen reveals fascinating results regarding ethics in veterinary professionals!
Karen has master’s degrees in applied animal behaviour…
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