Animal Experimentation - A Guide to the Issues

Informationen zum Autor Vaughan Monamy is an Associate Professor of Science and Science Ethics at the Australian Catholic University in Sydney. He has provided expert advice to the Australian Vice-Chancellor's Working Group on Sustainable Development, and to the Australian Government's Gene Technology Ethics Committee. Dr Monamy has been awarded an Australian Government Learning and Teaching Citation for outstanding contributions to university student learning. Klappentext This updated third edition is an essential overview for teachers and students in medical and biological sciences, and for those who conduct animal-based research. Zusammenfassung Essential for all those involved in animal-based research! this fully updated third edition provides a comprehensive discussion of the origins of and advances in research using animals. It demonstrates the human and non-human welfare improvements made possible by animal experimentation! alongside the moral objections and alternatives to animal use in research. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Issues in animal experimentation; 2. A history of animal experimentation; 3. Opposition to animal experimentation; 4. The moral status of animals; 5. Animal use; 6. The regulation of experiments; 7. Seeking alternatives; 8. A future without animal experimentation?

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Vaughan Monamy, Vaughan (Australian Catholic University Monamy, Monamy Vaughan
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 17.02.2017
• EAN: 9781316614945
• ISBN: 978-1-316-61494-5
• Seiten: 136
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Philosophie > Allgemeines, Lexika; Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Biologie; SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Bioethics, Bio-ethics