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1 online resource (xxv, 526 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
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| Contents |
What is veterinary ethics and why does it matter? -- Making ethical decisions -- Animal death -- Animal use -- Veterinary treatment -- Money -- Professionalism -- Errors and complications -- Consent -- Education and training -- Team relations -- Working with the law -- One health -- Wildlife -- Changing and cloning animals -- Final word |
| Summary |
"What should a vet do when a client can't pay for their animal's treatment? Or when asked their opinion on the killing of wildlife for disease control? Or when observing an animal welfare problem whilst off duty? Ethical problems are an every day part of life for veterinarians, but it can be difficult to combine personal values with professional conduct. Veterinary Ethics presents a range of ethical scenarios that veterinarians and other allied animal health professionals may face in practice. The scenarios discussed are not only exceptional cases with potentially significant consequences, but often less dramatic everyday situations. The responses to these ethical problems are from practising veterinarians and acknowledged world experts in animal welfare and ethics. The advice given is thorough and detailed, covering different eventualities, the ethical knots and dilemmas, the personal feelings of those involved, as well as objective recommendations on ethical decision making and, where relevant, guidance from veterinary governing bodies and the law. The advice is framed in the form of veterinary life in the real world, not necessarily an ideal world. As well as practical guidance, the book takes a step back and explores the different philosophical arguments and standpoints and the resultant solutions and problems of each approach, examining the background and relationship between different philosophical schools of thought, ethics and veterinary care. The book strives to present decision making in response to ethical problems as transparently as possible, employing a range of ethical frameworks. The book also challenges the reader about their own decision making in given situations, what factors to consider and how they would achieve certain outcomes"--Publisher's description. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Veterinary medicine -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Veterinary medicine -- Moral and ethical aspects. |
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Veterinary medicine. |
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Veterinarians -- Professional ethics.
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Veterinarians -- Professional ethics. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Fawcett, Anne, author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mullan, Siobhan. Veterinary ethics. Sheffield, UK : 5M Publishing, 2017 1910455687 (DLC) 2017385748 (OCoLC)971909385 |
| ISBN |
9781912178520 (electronic book) |
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1912178524 (electronic book) |
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9781910455685 |
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1910455687 |
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