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Working side by side: spouses in partnership
Author(s) -
Openshaw Nick,
Downing Ian
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
in practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.211
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2042-7689
pISSN - 0263-841X
DOI - 10.1136/inpract.23.5.290
Subject(s) - spouse , general partnership , scope (computer science) , medicine , management , veterinary medicine , public relations , nursing , law , political science , economics , computer science , programming language
SINCE the Royal College's announcement that it would no longer be opposed to non‐veterinary surgeons becoming partners in veterinary practices, the scope for the spouses of vets to become involved in practices has increased. In this article, Nick Openshaw and Ian Downing examine a number of issues which should be considered before a spouse becomes formally involved in the business ‐ whether as a partner or an employee.