THE LIBERAL TEMPER IN CLASSICAL GERMAN PHILOSOPHY: FREEDOM OF ...
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THE LIBERAL TEMPER IN CLASSICAL GERMAN PHILOSOPHY: FREEDOM OF THOUGHT AND EXPRESSION Michael N. Forster Consideration of the German philosophy and political history of the past century might well give the impression, and often does give foreign observers the impression, that liberalism, including in particular commitment to the ideal of free thought and expression, is only skin-deep in Germany. Were not Heidegger's disgust at Gerede (which of course really meant the free speech of the Weimar Republic) and Gadamer's defense of prejudice and tradition more reflective of the true instincts of German philosophy than, say, the Frankfurt School's heavily Anglophone-influenced
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MSU College of Social Science
Faculty Research Initiative
Veterinary Social Work Services
Submitted by
Danielle Rudder, LLMSW
Peg Whalen, PhD, MSW
Linda L. Lawrence, MSW, LMSW
School of Social Work
Michigan State University
October 14, 2008Faculty Research Initiative • Veterinary Social Work Services • October 2008
Contents List of Tables
List of Tables.............................................. 2 Table 1 • Veterinary Practice Information........ 6

Acknowledgments ....................................... 3 Table 2 • Types of Practice............................ 6
Overview ................................................... 4 Table 3 • Types of Clients Served
by Veterinary Medical Practices...................... 6
Method...................................................... 5
Table 4 • Level of Ease Interacting
Results ...................................................... 5 with Clients in Crisis..................................... 7
Veterinarian Demographics Table 5 • Discussions within Veterinary
& Background Information....................... 5 Practice...................................................... 7
Veterinary Practice Information ................ 5 Table 6 • Utility of VSW Services.................... 7
Vactice Events Table 7 • Services Provided by Veterinary
& Professional Experiences ...................... 7 Practices after the Death of a Pet................... 8
Client Loss & Grief Table 8 • Non-Medical Human Needs
after the Death of a Patient ..................... 8 & Issues Encountered................................... 10
Euthanasia............................................ 9 Table 9 • Interest in Veterinary Social Work
Services..................................................... 11
Non-Medical Needs & Issues
among Human Clients ............................ 10 Table 10 • Interest in Vork
or Participating in Interviews......................... 12
Veterinary Interest
in Social Work Service............................ 11 Table 11 • Disinterest versus Interest
in Learning More or Contributing.................... 13
Implications ............................................... 13
Conclusion ................................................. 14
Appendix: Survey Instrument....................... 15
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Acknowledgments
he Veterinary Social Work Services Study project was results and value of the fndings.
funded by a grant from the Michigan State University Special recognition goes to Dr. Patrick H. LeBlanc, TCollege of Social Science Faculty Research Initiative Director of the MSU VTH, for his time and attention to
and by the Michigan State University School of Social Work. detail during the creation of the survey; Dr. Mari Nicol, of
The MSU School of Social Work would like to extend the Willoughby Pet Clinic, for her suggestions during the
its sincere appreciation to Dean Marietta Baba and the MSU writing process and her continued support for the value
College of Social Science for making this project possible. of the Veterinary Social Work Services; Dr. Margaret Berry
Along with the College of Social Science, the School of and her staff at the Mt. Hope Veterinary Hospital for their
Social Work contributed funds and services to complete the contributions; Dr. Cheri Johnson, Chief of Staff and Professor
project. We would like to express gratitude for the support at the VTH; Dr. Barbara Kitchell, Director of Oncology at the
of the project by the Michigan State University College of VTH; Lisa Reed, Support Staff Supervisor at the VTH; Gary
Veterinary Medicine (CVSM) and the Veterinary Teaching Foltz, Administrative Assistant at the VTH; and Dr. Sarah
Hospital (VTH). More specifcally, our sincere thanks to Abood, Assistant to the Dean of the CVM. Without the
Dr. Christopher Brown, Dean of the College of Veterinary support and assistance of these people, this project may not
Medicine; Dr. Lonnie King, former Dean of the College of have been completed in this valuable and successful form.
Veterinary Medicine; and Dr. Gary Anderson, Director of In addition, thanks are offered to Peg Whalen, PhD;
the MSU School of Social Work. Danielle Rudder, LLMSW; Rose Homa; and Danielle Doski;
The MSU School of Social Work extends its appreciation who worked countless hours on survey development,
to the funders, agencies and individuals that contributed coordinating data collection, entering and interpreting the
to this Michigan Veterinary Social Work Services Study. data, and writing this report.
Although the School of Social Work team distributed, Finally, very special thanks to the veterinary medical
collected, compiled, and analyzed the information for the professionals who generously donated their time, thoughts,
research survey, many others played signifcant roles in the and opinions to complete the surveys used in generating
process. Their assistance and feedback strengthened the this report.
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Overview
he emergence of a new frontier for social work importance of animals in the lives of individuals, families,
practice, theory, and services is an uncommon and communities. These practitioners have worked with Toccurrence. At the Michigan State University School people around grief and bereavement issues, used animal-
of Social Work, pioneering work is beginning on the assisted therapies, or used their own companion animals
development and expansion of a new feld of practice, as collaborators in individual and family psychotherapy
veterinary social work (VSW). This feld of practice is an sessions.
interdisciplinary frontier between the School of Social Over the past two decades, veterinary medical educa-
Work and the College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM). tion and teaching clinics around the country have recog-
The relevance of the human-animal bond for social work nized the need for social workers as full-time staff. In the
education, service delivery, and scholarship is apparent schools of social work at MSU, the University of Tennessee,
to many social work practitioners and has been for many and University of Pennsylvania, among others, educators
years. This research study is designed to provide evidence have created feld education placement sites for BSW and
to: (1) support the development and recognition of VSW MSW students. In order to meet the need for veterinary
as a viable, appropriate feld of practice; (2) to evaluate social workers, schools of social work must move more
interest in the need for access to professional social quickly to expand feld education opportunities, identify
workers by community-based veterinarians and veterinary community sectors appropriate for feld education, and
practices; and, (3) to evaluate the delivery of on-site social evaluate the effectiveness of existing VSW services.
work services to clients served at the MSU CVM teaching The present research study addresses each of these
hospitals since January 2006. needs for information. It includes a needs and interests
The felds of nursing, medicine, gerontology, and assessment survey that was distributed to the 90+ veterinary
veterinary medicine have recognized the importance of practices throughout the greater Lansing, Michigan area.
the human-animal bond for decades. Social work has This project will contribute to the establishment of the
been slower, as a profession, to recognize the same. Many importance of the human-animal bond and VSW services
social work practitioners individually have understood the within the social work profession and graduate education.
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Method Results
o advance knowledge about VSW, a survey total of 59 surveys were completed and returned,
instrument was developed for this project. The initial with an additional 5 surveys returned as Tdraft was provided by an area veterinarian with a Aundeliverable. The response rate for this project
clinic in mid-Michigan. Redrafting was addressed by was 18.6%. Frequencies for the quantitative portions of
undergraduate research assistants, MSU Honors College the survey were calculated using SPSS version 15.0. The
professorial assistants, and a larger collaborative campus survey instrument included 8 open-ended questions, which
group called the MSU Human-Animal Bond Initiative. elicited responses ranging in length from a single word
The survey was pilot tested with the Dean of MSU’s CVM to 155 words. This qualitative information was analyzed
teaching hospitals and clinics. This process preceded the using a content analysis to identify common themes for
award of funding from the MSU College of Social Science. each question. The results of these analyses are described
The survey is a product of multiple revisions over a period in the following pages.
of time, involving a diverse group of contributors. This
developmental process resulted in a survey refecting this Veterinarian Demographics
positive collaborative effort. & Background Information
Survey recipients were identifed by a research
assistant using online internet searches to locate the names Survey respondents were 64.4% female and 35.6%
and mailing addresses of veterinarians and veterinary male. They ranged in age from 28 to 7

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