Chapter 19. The discursive accomplishment of identity during veterinary medical consultations in the UK

Burrow, Robin

doi:10.1075/dapsac.69.19bur

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“…In terms of lay expertise, empirical studies are starting to show the way in which animal owners assert their views. In the example of companion animals, Burrow (: 358) argues that ‘clients, because of their close day‐to‐day proximately with their pets, have an intricate and detailed understanding of their pet's behaviour’. Based on a study using conversation analysis, he claims that this expertise can and is used to challenge the veterinarians’ claim to authority.…”

Section: Diagnosis In Veterinary Medical Practicementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Similarly, in his social constructionist study of identity, Burrow quotes a client as describing her cat as ‘constipated’ (Burrow : 365). Burrow admits that this lay ‘naming’ of a specific condition was not a common feature of his dataset, perhaps, as we have discussed above in relation to diagnosis and power, due to its potential for ‘encroaching into the professional's sphere of expertise’ (Burrow : 366). Nevertheless, this research does suggest the possibility of lay interspecies health diagnosis.…”

Section: Diagnosis In Veterinary Medical Practicementioning

confidence: 99%

“…), the delivery of good and bad news (Stivers ), the phrasing of recommendations (MacMartin et al . ) and how veterinarians speak to, and for, the animals under their care (Burrow , MacMartin et al . , Roberts ).…”

Section: Introduction: the Emerging Sociology Of Veterinary Medicinementioning

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“…Beyond communication, fewer studies have focused on identity in veterinary practice. For example, Morris (2012a) found that veterinary staff refer to animals both as subjects (patients) and objects (the client's property), whereas Burrow () has shown how consultation talk works to construct animals as individuals. Anthropologist Rock and colleagues have argued that, like pet owners, veterinarians attribute ‘a personality, self or soul to their non‐human patients’ (Rock and Babinec : 343).…”

Section: Introduction: the Emerging Sociology Of Veterinary Medicinementioning

confidence: 99%

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Animals, veterinarians and the sociology of diagnosis

Hobson‐West

Jutel

2019

Sociology Health & Illness

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While sociologists of medicine have focused their efforts on understanding human health, illness, and medicine, veterinary medical practice has not yet caught their attention in any sustained way. In this critical review article, we use insights from the sociology of diagnosis literature to explore veterinary practice, and aim to demonstrate the importance of animals to sociological understandings of health, illness and disease. As in human medicine, our analysis shows the importance of diagnosis in creating and maintaining the power and authority of the veterinary professional. However, we then explore how diagnosis operates as a kind of dance, where professional authority can be challenged, particularly in light of the complex ethical responsibilities and clinical interactions that result from the triad of professional/owner/animal patient. Finally, we consider diagnosis via the precept of entanglement, and raise the intriguing possibility of interspecies health relations, whereby decision-making in human health care may be influenced by experiences in animal health care and vice-versa. In our conclusion, we argue that this analysis provides opportunities to scholars researching diagnosis in human health care, particularly around the impact of commercial drivers; has implications for veterinary and public health practitioners; and should help animate the emerging sociology of veterinary medicine.

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Section: Diagnosis In Veterinary Medical Practicementioning

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Section: Diagnosis In Veterinary Medical Practicementioning

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Section: Introduction: the Emerging Sociology Of Veterinary Medicinementioning

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Section: Introduction: the Emerging Sociology Of Veterinary Medicinementioning

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Hobson‐West

Jutel

2019

Sociology Health & Illness

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“…For example, scholars have used conversation analysis and other video analytic techniques to study communication in the small animal consultation. Drawing on concepts developed through study of human-medical interaction, existing research focuses on how consults are structured (Everitt et al 2013), the delivery of good and bad news (Stivers 1998), the phrasing of recommendations (MacMartin et al 2018) and how veterinarians speak to, and for, the animals under their care (Burrow 2017, MacMartin et al 2014, Roberts 2004.…”

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Animals, veterinarians and the sociology of diagnosis

Hobson-West¹,

Jutel²

2020

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© 2019 The Authors. Sociology of Health & Illness published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Foundation for SHIL. While sociologists of medicine have focused their efforts on understanding human health, illness, and medicine, veterinary medical practice has not yet caught their attention in any sustained way. In this critical review article, we use insights from the sociology of diagnosis literature to explore veterinary practice, and aim to demonstrate the importance of animals to sociological understandings of health, illness and disease. As in human medicine, our analysis shows the importance of diagnosis in creating and maintaining the power and authority of the veterinary professional. However, we then explore how diagnosis operates as a kind of dance, where professional authority can be challenged, particularly in light of the complex ethical responsibilities and clinical interactions that result from the triad of professional/owner/animal patient. Finally, we consider diagnosis via the precept of entanglement, and raise the intriguing possibility of interspecies health relations, whereby decision-making in human health care may be influenced by experiences in animal health care and vice-versa. In our conclusion, we argue that this analysis provides opportunities to scholars researching diagnosis in human health care, particularly around the impact of commercial drivers; has implications for veterinary and public health practitioners; and should help animate the emerging sociology of veterinary medicine.

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When research animals become pets and pets become research animals: care, death, and animal classification

Palmer

Skidmore

Anderson

2022

Social & Cultural Geography

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This paper explores what happens to care, and decisions about ending and extending life, when research animals become pets and pets become research animals. To do this, we draw on in-depth qualitative research on (i) rehoming of laboratory animals, (ii) veterinary clinical research, and (iii) the role of the Named Veterinary Surgeon (NVS) in UK animal research. We begin by exploring how (in theory and practice) the ethical, affective, and practical elements of care are split in the research laboratory. We then investigate arguments for and against ending and extending animal life via clinical research and rehoming, highlighting how these activities bring norms and dilemmas around animal death in the laboratory and veterinary clinic to the fore. We conclude by demonstrating the value of investigating borders between animal categories for understanding dilemmas around care and death, and for contributing to emerging literatures within geography around animal care, death, and categorisation. Key contributions of our work include highlighting: how care roles can be split; the importance of considering speculative and in-practice elements of care; the context-dependency and multiplicity of practices of killing in the veterinary clinic and laboratory; and the flexibility and changing nature of animal categories.

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Chapter 19. The discursive accomplishment of identity during veterinary medical consultations in the UK

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Animals, veterinarians and the sociology of diagnosis

Animals, veterinarians and the sociology of diagnosis

Animals, veterinarians and the sociology of diagnosis

When research animals become pets and pets become research animals: care, death, and animal classification

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