Community outreach: a call for cultural change.
The author proposes a cultural shift within biomedical research, suggesting that scientists should view the use of any animal as a privilege only to be used under careful scrutiny and after a thorough search for alternatives. He further suggests that the IACUC can be a vehicle for such a change.
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Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Hospital Division, Boston, MA, USA. ptheran@mspca.org
D000826:Animal Testing Alternatives; D000827:Animal Welfare / Q000639:trends*; D000818:Animals; D000830:Animals, Laboratory; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations / Q000639:trends*; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D015279:Organizational Culture; D012106:Research / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends*