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Preface to the Second Edition | |
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Preface to the First Edition | |
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Theory | |
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Social, Personal, and Professional Ethics | |
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Ethics[subscript 1] and Ethics[subscript 2] | |
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Ethical Vectors in Veterinary Medicine | |
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The Anatomy of Ethical Decision Making | |
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The Nature of Ethical Theory | |
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Effecting Ethical Change | |
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The Fundamental Question of Veterinary Ethics | |
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New Patterns of Animal Use | |
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Articulating a New Ethic for Animals | |
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Veterinarians and the New Social Ethic for Animals | |
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How Veterinary Medicine Should Respond to the New Ethic: The Case of Animal Research | |
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Veterinarians and Farm Animal Welfare | |
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Recent Progress | |
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Veterinarians and Companion Animal Welfare | |
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Subtle Advantages of Pursuing Companion Animal Welfare | |
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The Changing Role of Companion Animals and Their Value | |
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Pain in Veterinary (and Human) Scientific Medicine | |
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Animal Distress and Animal Happiness | |
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The Ethics of Critical Care | |
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Aesculapian Authority in Veterinary Medicine | |
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The Ethics of Alternative Medicine | |
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Cases | |
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Introduction | |
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Cow with Cancer Eye | |
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Substandard Husbandry for Sheep | |
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Fracture Fixation | |
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Farmer Using Illegal Growth Promotant | |
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Client Sells Known BVD Shedders | |
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Client Requests Dog Euthanasia Because She Is Moving | |
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Farmer Requests a Fetotomy | |
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Suspected Dogfighting | |
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Docking and Cropping of Dobermans | |
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Leaving a Sow Untreated | |
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Euthanasia of Cat Who Sprays | |
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Euthanasia of Treatable Horse for Insurance | |
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Euthanasia of Grieving Dog | |
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Supernumerary Teat Removal | |
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Breeder Seeking Euthanasia for Puppy with Overbite | |
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Veterinary Anatomist Spaying Farm Cats | |
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Breeder Asking for Anesthetics So She Can Crop Ears | |
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Penicillin Residue in Milk | |
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Marketing Heartworm Regimen | |
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Dairy Farmers Using Unauthorized Feed Additive Prescribed by a Veterinarian | |
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Veterinarian's Responsibility When a Dog Is Suspected to Be Overly Aggressive | |
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Painful Research Designed without Analgesia | |
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Clients Who Insist on Continuing Treatment for Failing Cancer Dog | |
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Tail Docking in Dairy Cattle | |
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Killing of Neonatal Buck Kids | |
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Veterinarian Discovers Violations in Religious Slaughter | |
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Using Information about Alternative Surgical Training in Hiring | |
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Pig Farmer Asking for Euthanasia Solution | |
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Feeding Kittens to Snakes | |
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Veterinarian Seeking Maternity Leave | |
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Surgical Procedures Performed by a Technician | |
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Veterinary Liaison with Pet Store Chain Providing Poor Animal Care | |
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Freeze-Firing Racehorses | |
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Performing Cat Castration on the Farm | |
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Irresponsible Veterinarian-Breeder | |
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Annual Rabies Vaccination | |
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Government Policy Regarding Export of Breeding Swine | |
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Improperly Labeled Prescriptions Swallowed by Child | |
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Referral Practice "Stealing" Clients | |
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Confidentiality and a Breeder Perpetuating a Line of Dogs with Seizures | |
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Should Veterinarians Be Required to Report Animal Abuse? | |
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Two Cases of Found Dogs | |
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Should a Biting Dog Be Adopted Out? | |
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Euthanizing Sick Animals without Their Owner's Permission | |
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Partner's Misdiagnosis | |
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Heavy Metal Toxicosis and Slaughter for Food | |
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Conflict of Interest | |
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Rabies Vaccine for Livestock | |
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Female Veterinarian Receiving Unwelcome Attention | |
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Female Veterinarian Offended by Colleagues' Humor | |
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Client Refuses Euthanasia for Sick Cat | |
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Should Veterinarians Prescribe Drugs to Increase Productivity? | |
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Previous Practitioner Leaves Sponge in Dog's Peritoneum | |
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Illicit Importation of Boar Semen | |
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Misreading of Radiograph | |
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Cattery Serving as Source of FIP | |
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Injured, Unowned Animal | |
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Writing Prescriptions for Branded Drugs in Return for Financial Incentive | |
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Negligence of an Emergency Clinician in Treating Trauma | |
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Poor Air Quality in Swine Barn | |
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Supplementing Income with Prescription Drugs | |
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Client's Request to Euthanize His Dog after His Death | |
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Confidentiality and an Employee's History of Drug Abuse | |
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Convenience Euthanasia of a Dog without Proper Permission | |
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Veterinarian Who Ignores Roundworms in Puppies | |
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Stray Tattooed Beagle | |
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Prescribing and Selling Pharmaceuticals | |
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Suspected Poisoning | |
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Euthanasia of Research Animal without Researcher's Permission | |
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Anorexic Client Not Feeding Her Dog | |
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Improving Rural Euthanasia | |
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Second Commentary on Stray Tattooed Beagle | |
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Bull Mastiff with Osteosarcoma | |
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Financially Stressed Client and Annual Physical | |
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Botched Caesarean Section | |
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Farmer Asking Advice of "Experts" | |
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Confidentiality in the Case of a Client Selling Sick Animals | |
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Conflict in Obligations to a Peer and a Client | |
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Reporting a Dog Being Used to Carry Drugs | |
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An Elderly Client Seeking "Unnecessary" Medical Advice | |
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A Cat Who Fractures Both Legs after a Surgical Procedure | |
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Can Annual Vaccinations Be Justified? | |
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An Organic Farmer Who Won't Use Antibiotics for Foot Rot | |
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Using Wood Chippers to Kill Chickens | |
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Should Shelters Place Animals in Less than Perfect Homes? | |
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Why Should We Worry about Animal Suffering Right before Death? | |
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"Good" versus "Natural" Death | |
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Is It Wrong to Modify Animals to Fit Production Systems? | |
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How Do Veterinarians Respond to Clients with Too Many Animals? | |
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Should a Veterinarian Wear Company Logos? | |
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Technicians Performing Management Procedures on Farm | |
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Extralabel Drug Use | |
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Animal Welfare versus Animal Rights | |
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Raw Diet | |
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Using an Elastrator on Older Bulls | |
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Finding Animals for Continuing Education | |
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Should Veterinarians Support Activist Groups? | |
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Auditability of Animal Welfare | |
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Producer Unwilling to Euthanize Sick Pigs | |
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Veterinarians and Laws Banning Pitbulls | |
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Giving Analgesics to Mask Pain in Horses | |
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Are Animals Raised in Confinement Happy in Confinement? | |
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Elderly Couple Adopting Many Animals | |
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The Ethics of Killing Healthy Animals | |
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Appendix | |
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References | |
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Index | |