Animal Research Ethics
Publication Type: |
Book Section |
Year of Publication: |
2014 |
Authors: |
J. N. Carlson |
Publication/Journal: |
Reference Module in Biomedical Sciences |
Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Keywords: |
animal liberation front (alf), animal model, animal welfare act (awa), antivivisectionist, association for assessment and accreditation of laboratory animal care (aaalac), institutional animal care and use committee (iacuc), office of laboratory animal welfare (olaw), reduce animal use, refine animal use, replace animals, silver spring monkey case, speciesism, unnecessary fuss |
ISBN: |
978-0-12-801238-3 |
Abstract:
Abstract Animal research provides the working basis for much of medical practice but has been criticized by opponents who feel that it is cruel and unnecessary. Animal activists and moral philosophers hold that it is wrong to perform studies on animals that would not be done on humans. Biomedical scientists maintain that an understanding of disease is impossible without animal use and that animals also benefit. Numerous regulatory processes have been developed to help ensure that animal research is done with a proper focus on animal welfare.