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Solo vets: the challenges of going it alone
Author(s) -
Shield Christine
Publication year - 2005
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.27.8.430
Subject(s) - engineering ethics , environmental ethics , business , public relations , political science , medicine , engineering , philosophy
WHAT does the future hold for single‐handed practice? Society today is imposing pressures that could make life more difficult for the solo vet in many ways, and some have wondered whether this business format is sustainable. Veterinary surgeons, however, do not lack initiative, and, as Christine Shield suggests, it seems likely that solutions will be found that will ensure the survival of this branch of practice.