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

• Main Author: A.W.H. Bates (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Palgrave Macmillan 2017
• Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series
• Subjects: Medical ethics & professional conduct; anti-cruelty; animal experimentation; animal ethics
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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...