Clinical Decision-Making in Veterinary Practice: A North American Framework

Clinical decision-making is a core professional skill that directly impacts diagnostic accuracy, client trust, resource utilization, and patient outcomes. In North American veterinary practice, clinical reasoning follows structured frameworks designed to balance medical evidence, patient welfare, client constraints, and system-level realities.

This article introduces a practical, system-based approach to clinical decision-making that can be applied in both private clinical practice and shelter medicine settings.

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