Veterinary Controversies and Ethical Dilemmas

Part I: Introduction 1. Veterinary controversies and ethical dilemmas: an introduction 2. Veterinary killing: history and ethics 3. The law, animals, and veterinarians 4. Sentient beings: our duty of care. Who are our patients? 5. Let's all march for (veterinary) science: veterinary science in a post truth society Part II: Some Ethical Challenges Facing The Veterinary Profession Too much veterinary medicine 6. Just because we can doesn't mean we should 7. Overdiagnosis 8. Do you want bloods with that? 9. Oncology and ethics 10. Small animal overtreatment: intensive care Research on companion animals 11. Innovation versus experiment: experiments on pets? 12. Veterinary ethical review. a multitude of questions 13. Can considering laboratory animal legislation improve animal welfare in innovative veterinary practice? Evidence-free veterinary medicine 14. Why believe in magic? The use of ineffective therapies has animal welfare and ethical implications 15. Should complementary and alternative veterinary medicine be considered malpractice? An ethical-legal analysis 16. Pointless supplements and 'therapeutic' pet foods Exotic animal medicine 17. Zoo vet dilemmas. a personal perspective 18. The value of mice Part III: why are these controversies arising? Through changes at numerous levels of the veterinary-client-patient relationship The animal population 19. Problems with pedigrees: righteous rage and the need for nuance 20. Ageing pets and physical rehabilitation The veterinary profession 21. Veterinary education and the changing profession 22. The art of veterinary science 23. Veterinary academia, specialization, and animal welfare 24. What are general practitioners good for? 25. Do vets need to love animals? 26. It is time to ditch the gold standard 27. Informed consent. in whose interests? 28. The death of veterinary euthanasia 29. Moral stress, emotional labour and mental health in the veterinary profession Veterinary practice 30. The customer isn't always right: why business ethics is not professional ethics 31. Corporatisation: do shareholders care about animal welfare? 32. Costs of veterinary services as an animal welfare issue Veterinary clients 33. Anthropomorphism in veterinary practice 34. Going to extremes: high financial cost, overtreatment and palliative care 35. Give the dog a bone Vets in society 36. Is the veterinary profession encouraging exploitation of horses in sport? 37. Vets speaking up for animal welfare38. An approach to ethical conflicts in practice