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Title Lives in the balance : the ethics of using animals in biomedical research : the report of a Working Party of the Institute of Medical Ethics / edited by Jane A. Smith and Kenneth M. Boyd.

Publication Info. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1991.

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  R853.A53 E74 1991    Available  ---
Description xvi, 352 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The researchers, their aims and methods -- Benefits of biomedical research involving animal subjects -- Pain, stress, and anxiety in animals -- Animals as experimental subjects -- Ethical considerations in the development and use of replacement alternatives to animal experiments -- The assessment and ẁeighing' of costs and benefits -- Ethical considerations in the use of animals in toxicology and toxicity testing -- Ethical considerations in the use of animals in education and training -- From theory to practice: control of biomedical research involving animal subjects -- The philosophical and moral debate on the use of animals in biomedical research.
Subject Animal experimentation -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Animal experimentation -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Indexed Term Medicine Research Use of Laboratory animals
Added Author Smith, Jane A.
Boyd, Kenneth M.
Institute of Medical Ethics (Great Britain)
ISBN 0198547447 : $32.45