Ethics in Veterinary Practice: Balancing Conflicting Interests
By Barry Kipperman and Bernard E. Rollin
In Ethics in Veterinary Practice: Balancing Conflicting Interests PDF, 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 Practice presents material on integrative medicine, animal pain, moral stress, and the future of veterinary ethics. Readers will also find:
A thorough introduction to a theoretical basis for veterinary ethics, including discussions of animal welfare, ethical theories, and legal issues
Comprehensive explorations of clinical veterinary ethics, including discussions of veterinary advocacy, ethical dilemmas, professionalism, economic issues, and medical errors
Practical discussions of ethical concerns by practice type, including companion animals, equines, and animals used for food
In-depth examination of emerging ethical concerns including animal use in veterinary education and animal maltreatment
Perfect for practicing veterinarians, veterinary students, and veterinary technicians and nurses, Ethics in Veterinary Practice: Balancing Conflicting Interests will also earn a place in the libraries of instructors teaching veterinary ethics, as well as biomedical and animal ethicists.
Table of Contents
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
