‘Gold standard care’ is an unhelpful term

Alison Skipper; Carol Gray; Ruth Serlin; Dan O'Neill; Clive Elwood; Jane Davidson

doi:10.1002/vetr.1113

‘Gold standard care’ is an unhelpful term

Alison Skipper, Carol Gray, Ruth Serlin, Dan O'Neill, Clive Elwood, Jane Davidson

Department of Veterinary Nursing

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Abstract

Members of Veterinary Humanities UK argue that the vet professions should move away from using the term ‘gold standard care’ and instead adopt ‘contextualised care’, which acknowledges that different treatment pathways are able to offer equally acceptable patient journeys in different contexts.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	331-331
Number of pages	1
Journal	Veterinary Record
Volume	189
Issue number	8
Early online date	22 Oct 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.1113
Publication status	Published - Oct 2021

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General Veterinary
General Medicine

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