Expertise and advocacy in animal-welfare decision making: considerations for a veterinary curriculum in animal welfare.
An animal-welfare curriculum for veterinary students should provide learning opportunities in the application of veterinary expertise to patient management and animal-welfare policy. Real-life and hypothetical cases are presented that can allow students to develop their personal-values statement about animal welfare, explore the interaction of facts and values in deciding on a course of action, and understand the unique obligations and authority they will have as veterinarians.
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Larry
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Laboratory Animal Resource Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-0564, USA. larry.carbone@ucsf.edu
D017750:Animal Technicians / Q000193:education; D000827:Animal Welfare / Q000592:standards; D000818:Animals; D032781:Codes of Ethics; D003479:Curriculum; D003657:Decision Making; D004520:Education, Veterinary / Q000592:standards*; D005065:Euthanasia; D006801:Humans; D019359:Knowledge; D013727:Terminal Care