In the name of science : issues in responsible animal experimentation / F. Barbara Orlans.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Orlans, F. Barbara
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.
Subjects:
Animal experimentation > Moral and ethical aspects.
Vivisection > history.
Animals, Laboratory.
Ethics.
Animal Welfare.
Animal Testing Alternatives.
Science > Research > Use of > Laboratory animals.
Physical Description:ix, 297 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Beginnings of institutionalized animal experimentation: nineteenth-century highlights
  • Current attitudes and ethical arguments
  • Major issues
  • Legislation and the growth of protagonist organizations
  • Animal subjects and alternatives
  • Protocol review
  • Community members on animal review committees
  • Animal pain scales in public policy: an international perspective
  • Pain, suffering, and death: warm- and cold-blooded vertebrates, mollusks, and insects
  • Testing
  • From sunshine laws and civil disobedience to raids
  • Use of animals in education
  • Source of laboratory dogs and cats: pound versus purpose-bred animals
  • Editorial responsibilities and issues
  • Looking ahead
  • Animals used in experimentation, FY 1973-1990
  • Funding sources for targeted programs to promote alternatives
  • Sunshine laws.