02550cam a2200301 i 4500 656415533 TxAuBib 20230327120000.0 220713s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022008682 9780593466896 HRD 28.00 0593466896 HRD 28.00 TxAuBib rda Fine, Karen R., author Other family doctor. The other family doctor [BOOK] : a veterinarian explores what animals can teach us about love, life, and mortality / by Karen Fine. New York : Anchor Books, a Division of Penguin Random House, LLC, 2023. viii, 294 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier It's a Calling -- Veterinary School -- Sacrifices -- Ain't Doin' Right -- House Calls -- Where Puppies Come From -- New Beginnings -- A Whole New Tool Shed -- Dog of Honor -- The Universe Shifts -- He Knew Just What to Do -- Go Toward -- Bucket List -- Dances with Death -- A New Addition -- A Good Death -- The Red Dot in Winter -- Veterinarians in Crisis -- Rana in Summer -- Rana -- The Rana-colored Thread -- Stories of Medicine -- I Fix Broken Hearts -- Learning From Animals. Karen Fine always knew that she wanted to be a vet and wasn't going to let anything stop her: not her allergy to cats, and not the fact that in the '80s veterinary medicine was still a mostly male profession. Inspired by her grandfather, a compassionate doctor who paid house calls to all his (human) patients, Dr. Fine persevered, and brought her Oupa's principles into her own practice, which emphasizes the need to understand her patients’ stories to provide the best possible care. And in The Other Family Doctor, Dr. Fine shares all these touching, joyful, heartbreaking, and life-affirming tales that make up her career as a vet. Woven into Dr. Fine's story are, of course, also the stories of her own pets: the birds, cats, and dogs who have taught her the most valuable lessons—how caring for the animals in our lives can teach us to better care for ourselves, especially when life seems precarious. Provided by publisher. 20230327. Fine, Karen R. Veterinary medicine Massachusetts Anecdotes. Veterinarians Massachusetts Anecdotes. Veterinarians Massachusetts Biography.