Anti-Vivisection and the Profession of Medicine in Britain: A Social History

• Hoofdauteur: A.W.H. Bates (auth)
• Formaat: Elektronisch Hoofdstuk
• Taal: Engels
• Gepubliceerd in: Palgrave Macmillan 2017
• Reeks: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series
• Onderwerpen: Medical ethics & professional conduct; anti-cruelty; animal experimentation; animal ethics
• Online toegang: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This book explores the social history of the anti-vivisection movement in Britain from its nineteenth-century beginnings until the 1960s. It discusses the ethical principles that inspired the movement and the socio-political background that explains its rise and fall. Opposition to vivisection began...