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Book SynopsisEthics IN Veterinary Practice An incisive examination of relevant and contemporary ethical issues facing veterinary practitioners, students, instructors, and animal researchers
In Ethics in Veterinary Practice: Balancing Conflicting Interests, a team of distinguished scholars delivers a foundational exploration of animal ethics and a guide to examining contemporary issues and dilemmas that arise regularly in veterinary practice. The book offers comprehensive, quickly accessible, and up-to-date information on veterinary ethics with content devoted to unique issues by practice type.
The authors offer a primary resource for veterinary ethics useful for veterinarians, faculty, instructors, senior undergraduates, and veterinary students that focuses on recognizing and addressing real-life ethical dilemmas and relevant philosophical discussions about the moral status of animals, animal rights, and interests.
Ethics in Veterinary
Table of Contents
Ethics in Veterinary Practice: Balancing Conflicting Interests-B. Kipperman, B.E. Rollin, eds.
List of contributors
Foreword
In memoriam
Preface
Introduction
Acknowledgements
Index
Section 1-A Fundamental Basis for Veterinary Ethics
1- Why do Animals Matter? The Moral Status of Animals
Bernard E. Rollin
2- Animal Welfare: Science, Policy and the Role of Veterinarians
Joy A. Mench
3- Animal Ethics and the Evolution of the Veterinary Profession in the United States
Bernard Unti
4- Introduction to Veterinary Ethics
Barry Kipperman
Bernard E. Rollin
5- Veterinary Ethics and the Law
Carol Gray
David Favre
Section 2-Clinical Veterinary Ethics
6- Professionalism
Liz H. Mossop
7- Veterinary Advocacies and Ethical Dilemmas
Barry Kipperman
8- Economic Issues
Barry Kipperman
Gary Block
Brian Forsgren
9- Medical Errors
James Clark
Barry Kipperman
Section 3-Ethical Concerns by Practice Type
10- Companion Animals
Shelter medicine- Julie Dinnage
Outdoor cats, Overpopulation-Andrew Rowan
Neutering/gonadectomy, Conformational disorders, Convenience surgeries- Anne Quain
Behavioral medicine-Melissa Bain
Referrals-Barry Kipperman
Futile intervention -Christian Durnberger, Herwig Grimm
Obesity- Barry Kipperman
Access to care -Michael J. Blackwell
11- Laboratory Animals
Larry Carbone
12- Food Animals
Tim Blackwell
Shaw Perrin
Jennifer Walker
13- Equines
David W. Ramey
14- Animals in Zoos, Aquaria, and Free-Ranging Wildlife
Sathya Chinnadurai
Barbara De Mori
Jackie Gai
15- Exotic Pets
Michael Dutton
16- Integrative Medicine
Narda G. Robinson
17- Corporate Veterinary Medicine
Thomas Edling
Section 4-Emerging Ethical Concerns
18- Animal Use in Veterinary Education
Andrew Knight
Miriam A. Zemanova
19- Animal Pain
Beatriz Monteiro
Sheilah Robertson
20- Animal Maltreatment
Martha Smith-Blackmore
21-Death
James Yeates
22-Moral Stress
Carrie Jurney
Barry Kipperman
23-The Future of Veterinary Ethics
Herwig Grimm
Svenja Springer
