The Five Freedoms Revisited-Dr. Amelia Knight Pinkston-4 Part Series
The 5 Freedoms Revisited – An Epilogue (Part 1) By Dr. Amelia Knight Pinkston The high burnout and suicide rate in the veterinary profession cannot be our norm, and it doesn’t have to be. While reading Dr. Don DeForge’s article “The Veterinary 5 Freedoms”, I appreciated his inspiration from a speech designed to rally change for “a world attainable in our own time and generation”. Change is possible starting now – today . You summit a mountain one small step at a time. As a profession we need to be asking, “what specifically needs to change to foster a sustainable, thriving profession and what is the first smallest step that I can do today to move towards that?” As I read the Five Freedoms article, many thoughts came to mind about how we can use inspiration from the Five Freedoms to create positive change in vet med starting today. Here’s part 1! Freedom From Fear When I think about feeling free, I think about not being held back, restricted, or weighed down from s