Veterinary Controversies and Ethical Dilemmas: Provocative Reflections on Clinical Practice (CRC One Health One Welfare)

This book identifies increasing concerns with the veterinary profession and confronts them provocatively, with a view to stimulating positive change.A central theme is the emergence of the profitable ‘fur baby’ which is being propagated through encouraged anthropomorphism, a limited evidence base, overdiagnosis, overtreatment, and practice corporatisation.Richly accompanied with thoughts on veterinary celebrity, the misrepresentation of veterinary 'success', research using client-owned animals, unregulated treatments and end-of-life decision-making, the book represents a small room full of large elephants.With experienced contributors from around the world, each chapter combines personal stories with evidence-based reflections. While many of the subjects presented will have undergone some degree of ethical analysis, the book itself does not intend to teach veterinary ethics; instead, its role is to identify key concerns with the profession’s current trajectory and to present them with