A lot of people think veterinarians have such a fun job. However, the field has many stressors that can lead to a tragic outcome.
found that male veterinarians were 2.1 times as likely to die from suicide as the general population. Female veterinarians were 3.5 times as likely.
Dr. Carrie Jurney is the president of the San Francisco-based organization Not One More Vet, a charity that hopes to assist“We have been absolutely overwhelmed. Every single one of us is running at double or triple capacity and have been for 18 months,” Jurney says. I recently talked to Jurney about the stress that vets face, how the pandemic has made things worse, and the ways in which people can make the career less stressful. This conversation has been edited for clarity and length.I think it’s a really great question, because I think most people think about my job, and they think,But that’s just not the reality of the day-to-day life of a veterinarian. We all go into this because we love animals. You don’t go into it for any other reason.
And even when you do your job perfectly, you don’t always get to win. Sometimes Mother Nature wins no matter how good you do your job. Unfortunately, a lot of grieving pet owners in the last few years decided to take to social media to berate their veterinarian when things don’t go perfectly. It’s a really challenging and stressful situation.
And then, healthcare in the United States is very expensive. The vast majority of Americans don’t actually have pet insurance for their pets. So we’re faced with making medical decisions, and finances coming into play. That makes just a really tense and stressful situation for everybody involved. No. I hate to laugh, but no, absolutely not.
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