02088cam a2200349 i 4500 801953103 TxAuBib 20230514120000.0 220713s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022008682 9780593466896 0593466896 (OCoLC)1330404863 TxAuBib rda Fine, Karen,. The other family doctor : a veterinarian explores what animals can teach us about love, life, and mortality / Karen Fine, DVM. New York : Anchor Books, a Division of Penguin Random House, LLC, 2023. viii, 294 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-294). 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 contextualize pets' care in terms of their stories. 20230514. veterinarians Massachusetts Biography. Anecdotes. Autobiographies.