Veterinary ethics : animal welfare, client relations, competition, and collegiality /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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St. Louis :
Mosby,
[1995]
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Part one : the nature and importance of veterinary ethics
- A time for veterinary ethics
- The four branches of veterinary ethics
- Veterinary ethics and religion
- Veterinary ethics and the law.
- Veterinary ethics and moral theory
- Descriptive veterinary ethics : mapping the profession's moral values
- Administrative veterinary ethics : the governmental application of moral standards
- The nature and functions of official veterinary ethics
- Oath and principles
- How to approach problems in normative veterinary ethics
- Part two : fundamental concepts
- The interests of animals
- Animal rights.
- What is animal welfare
- The interests of veterinary clients
- The human-companion animal bond.
- What is a veterinarian? Who will decide
- Part three : Problems and issues in veterinary ethics
- The sale of nonprofessional goods and services : toward the choice of a model of veterinary practice
- Promotion and marketing
- Are veterinarians colleagues or competitors
- Treating clients fairly
- Ethical issues in companion animal practice
- Ethical challenges of high-tech, innovative, and academic veterinary medicine
- Farm, food, and performance animal practice : the new frontier of veterinary ethics
- Animal research
- Employer-employee relations : ethics in the workplace
- Veterinary ethics, wildlife, and the environment
- Appendix