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Attitudes in China, Japan, and the Netherlands Toward the Use of Animals in Medical Research
Contributor(s):: Su, Bingtao, Zhang, Chao, Martens, Pim
The use of animals in medical research raises ethical challenges. In light of this moral issue, this study sought to investigate and compare people’s attitudes toward the use of ten animal species in medical research based on data collected from China (n = 504; men = 294, women = 210), Japan (n =...
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Caring and Killing: Care Labor and Feminist Ethics in the Animal Research Laboratory
Contributor(s):: Warren, Caroline
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Experiences of People with Multiple Sclerosis and their use of Assistance Dogs: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
| Contributor(s):: O'Connor, Gráinne Ann
In this thesis, findings are reported from a qualitative study of eleven people living with multiple sclerosis (MS) who between them have used nineteen assistance dogs for more than two decades. The first recorded use of dogs specifically trained to help people living with physical impairments...
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Project Management Principles for Optimizing Publication Productivity of Mixed Methods Studies
| Contributor(s):: Baim-Lance, Abigail, Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J., Wisdom, Jennifer P.
Mixed methods research is increasingly valued, although little attention has been placed on how to execute such projects well to achieve optimal publication for impact. Multiple publications from a single study allow scholars to explicate findings that cannot be contained in a single article and...
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Discussion of Animal Stem Cells in the Classroom: Engaging Students through the Lens of Veterinary Medicine
| Contributor(s):: Farenga, Stephen J., Niess, Daniel, Hutchinson, Michael
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High school students' perceptions of animal mentation and their opinions on animal use in medical research and entertainment
| Contributor(s):: Carol M. Okamoto
This study explored the relationship between high school students' perceptions of animal mentation and liking of animals with agreement on animal use in medical research and entertainment. Higher judgments of animal mentation and Iiking were predicted to correlate with lower agreement on...
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Animal Models for Human Disease: Reflections from an Animal Researcher's Perspective
| Contributor(s):: Tammen, Imke
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The Social Contract, the Conservative Attitude, and Antibiotics Development
| Contributor(s):: Weber, Eli
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Is the conduct of medical research on chimpanzees compatible with their rights as a near-human species?
| Contributor(s):: Prince, AM
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Southern Illinois Ticks: An Ecological and Medical Overview
| Contributor(s):: Madeleine A. Pfaff
Ticks are of concern to southern Illinois residents because they are common in the forested landscapes of the region and have the capability to cause disease in humans and pets. There are several tick-borne illnesses of concern to southern Illinois residents. Prescribed burning is a potential...
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The Psychological Effects of Medical Research on Animal Subjects and the Ramifications for the Applicability of the Research Results
| Contributor(s):: Morgan A. Damm
Historically, animals have been used in medical research to bring about many of the medical breakthroughs and advances seen today. The successful studies are accompanied by numerous, often concealed, failed studies that are inapplicable to human medicine due to stress and distress changing the...
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The Moral Status of Invasive Animal Research. (Series: Animal Research Ethics: Evolving Views and Practices (S. Gilbert, G. E. Kaebnick, T. Murray, eds.))
| Contributor(s):: Rollin, Bernard E.
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Animals, Disease, And Man: making connections
| Contributor(s):: Hardy, Anne
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Comparative Medicine: American Experience From Equine Tetanus - From Benjamin Rush To Toxoid
| Contributor(s):: Miller, Everett B.
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Animal experimentation in cancer research: a citation analysis
| Contributor(s):: Dagg, A. I.
Cancer research involves the use of millions of nonhuman animals and billions of dollars in public funds each year, but cures for the disease remain elusive. This article suggests ways to reduce the use of animals and save money by identifying articles that garnered few citations over the 9 years...
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Distribution of nonhuman animal versus nonanimal research funding at four U.S. Institutions in fiscal year 2000
| Contributor(s):: Bogle, R., Greek, R.
Much controversy exists concerning the use of nonhuman animals in biomedical research. Textbooks, articles, and journals are dedicated to studying animal models, studying alternatives, and debating various aspects of the issue. Surprisingly however, very little information exists on how many...
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Levels of citation of nonhuman animal studies conducted at a Canadian Research hospital
| Contributor(s):: Dagg, A. I., Seidle, T. K.
The publication of scientific articles that receive few or no citations raises questions of the appropriate use of resources as well as ethics. In the case of animal research, the ethics issue extends beyond human patients to nonhuman animals, as the research subjects them to pain and, typically,...
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Animals in Society: A New Focus for Veterinary Schools
| Contributor(s):: Weer, Joan C.
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The ethics of animal research. Talking Point on the use of animals in scientific research
| Contributor(s):: Simon Festing, Robin Wilkinson
Animal research has had a vital role in many scientific and medical advances of the past century and continues to aid our understanding of various diseases. Throughout the world, people enjoy a better quality of life because of these advances, and the subsequent development of new medicines and...
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Are There Feasible Alternatives to Laboratory Animals?
| Contributor(s):: Rowan, A. N.
