Description
Ethics in veterinary practice is an incisive examination of relevant and contemporary ethical issues facing veterinary practitioners, students, instructors, and animal researcher. 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 ebook 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. Key points include: – 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; – in-depth examination of emerging ethical concerns including animal use in veterinary education and animal maltreatment. 559 p.
- Barry Kipperman, Editor. DVM, DACVIM, MSc, DACAW. Instructor, Veterinary Ethics. University of California-Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine, Davis, CA (USA); Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, University of Missouri, College of Veterinary Medicine, Columbia, MO (USA).
- Bernard E. Rollin, Editor. PhD. University Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Professor of Philosophy, Professor of AnimalSciences, Professor of Biomedical Sciences, University Bioethicist, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO (USA).
- Publication date (digital version): 2022-07.
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