Veterinary ethics : animal welfare, client relations, competition, and collegiality /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tannenbaum, Jerrold
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: St. Louis : Mosby, [1995]
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
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