title: Veterinary medicine and the lifeboat test: a perspective on the social relevance of the veterinary profession in the 21st century.
authors.affiliation: Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre, Department of Veterinary Pathology, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5B4, Canada. Ted.Leighton@usask.ca
authors.forename: Frederick A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Leighton
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D005523:Food Supply; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D012941:Social Responsibility; D014481:United States; D018634:Veterinarians; D014730:Veterinary Medicine / Q000639:trends*