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  title info:
    title: No way to treat a friend
    sub title: lifting the lid on complementary and alternative veterinary medicine
  name:
    name part: Taylor, Niall
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Gough, Alex
    name part: 1971-
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Milne, Emma
    name part: 1972-
    role:
      role term: writer of foreword.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2017
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xxvii, 369 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  abstract: "No Way to Treat a Friend is an informative and readable exposé of Complementary and Alternative Veterinary Medicine (CAVM). Written in an accessible style and illustrated with stories and cases from veterinary practice about real animals, this book is a counterweight to the mass of 'pro' literature in existence which uncritically promotes CAVM without consideration of whether or not it works or could even be harmful to our animal companions. The book takes a close look at how thinking can go wrong and how animals can appear to respond to treatment even when it is ineffective. Individual alternative practices are examined including homeopathy, acupuncture, raw diets and the anti-vaccination lobby and we find out if their claims stand up to scrutiny. With a thoroughly scientific line, it is not an attack on different belief systems, but a rigorous analysis of the facts, and a consideration of typical CAVM arguments, as well as a helpful explanation for people who may be unfamiliar with what the various therapies entail. Following on from the several successful books questioning the use of complementary therapies in human medicine such as Bad Science, No Way to Treat a Friend looks at their use in veterinary medicine. This is a valuable resource for veterinary practitioners as well as lay people who are interested in popular science, animal topics, animal welfare and medical matters"--Publisher's description.
  table of contents: Part one. What is complementary and alternative veterinary medicine? -- Why CAVM appears to work in animals -- What is science and why does it matter? -- When thinking goes wrong -- But we just know it works! -- Part two. Herbs and supplements -- Raw feeding -- Acupuncture -- The anti-vaccination movement -- Homeopathy -- Manipulation treatments -- Diagnostics -- The rest -- Conclusion.
  note: Niall Taylor, BVM&S, GPCert (SAM) MRCVS, Alex Gough, MA, VetMB, CertSAM, CertVC, PGCert MRCVS ; foreword by Emma Milne, BVSc MRCVS.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    topic: Alternative veterinary medicine
  subject:
    topic: Alternative veterinary medicine
  subject:
    topic: Veterinary Medicine
    topic: methods
  subject:
    topic: Complementary Therapies
    topic: veterinary
  subject:
    topic: Animal Diseases
    topic: therapy
  subject:
    topic: Diet
    topic: veterinary
  classification: SF745.5 .T39 2017
  classification: 2018 A-987
  classification: SF 745.5
  classification: SF 745.5 T238n 2017
  identifier: 9781910455913
  identifier: 1910455911
  identifier: 2017448972
  record info:
    record content source: NLM
    record creation date: 170622
    record change date: 20181004143646.0
    record identifier: in00004520542
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng