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Patient Care
I Can Control Only So Much
Tranquility and acceptance are sometimes best for one’s soul when clients thwart your best intentions.
Patient Care
The Price We Pay for Quality Medicine
Cost complaints aside, expert veterinary care is positively life-altering.
Patient Care
The Weekend Crowd
Pets with urgent needs and common ailments pack the waiting room at Marina Animal Clinic.
Patient Care
Our Superhuman Partners
Where would veterinarians be without technicians, kennel attendants and receptionists?
Patient Care
Patience Is Truly a Virtue
If I take extra time to help someone understand a problem, I consider it time well spent.
Patient Care
The Bridge Tender
The intersection between animal advocacy, client compassion and common sense is tricky to navigate.
Personal/Professional Development
The Dog Days of Summer
You never know what will come through the door or what you’ll find outside.
Personal/Professional Development
Memory Lane
The path to becoming a veterinarian isn’t always obvious. Sometimes, it’s peppered with obstacles.
Patient Care
Humble Pie
You know those eye-rolling things some clients do and say? Sometimes we’re guilty of the same situational lapses.
Personal Wellness
The Colleagues We Encounter
Friends and mentors are byproducts of memorable relationships within a veterinary practice.
Client Communication
A Matter of Life and Death
For heartbroken pet owners and tenderhearted care providers, the human-animal bond endures to the very end.
Client Communication
Why I Am in General Practice
Some of the situations I encounter nearly break my heart. Others, though, make my heart soar.
Client Communication
Learning to Trust Myself
Diagnosing an Aussie’s deteriorating health required a battery of tests and defiance of my inner critic.
Patient Care
Tulsa Tough
Marina Animal Clinic is a high-volume, no-appointment-necessary urban hospital that attracts a broad range of clients and many sad cases. The practice manager’s steady hand keeps the staff focused.
Legal Issues
By Popular Demand
Now’s the time for veterinarians to claim their share of the pet health supplement pie.