This comprehensive review of recent scientific evidence examines the contributions of animal experimentation to human healthcare and toxicity prediction, its necessity during life and health sciences education, its impacts on studentattitudes toward animals, and the extent to which animals suffer as a result. ANDREW KNIGHT is an Australian Bioethicist and a Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics. He has published a suite of studies examining the contribution of animal experiments to human healthcare, which have attracted a series of awards at international scientific conferences. He practices veterinary medicine in the UK. INDICE: List of Tables - List of Figures - List of Abbreviations - Acknowledgements - Series Preface - Introduction - PART I ANIMAL COSTS - Global Laboratory Animal Use - Types of Laboratory Animal Use - mpacts on Laboratory Animals - PART II HUMAN BENEFITS - Human Clinical Utility of Animal Models - Human Toxicological Utility of Animal Models - Factors Limiting the Human Utility ofAnimal Models - PART III ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIS - Non-Animal Research and Testing Methodologies - Reduction and Refinement of Laboratory Animal Use - PART IV EDUCATIONAL ANIMAL USE AND STUDENT IMPACTS - Educational Animal Use - Effects of Harmful Animal Use on Students - PART V CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS - The Costs and Benefits of Animal Experimentation - 13 Regulatory Developments and Policy Recommendations - Contents - Glossary - References - Index
- ISBN: 978-0-230-24392-7
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 272
- Fecha Publicación: 27/05/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés