Anti-Vivisection and the Profession of Medicine in Britain : A Social History /
by A.W.H. Bates.
Bok Engelsk 2017 · Electronic books.
Omfang | 1 online resource (XXI, 217 p.)
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Utgave | 1st ed. 2017.
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Opplysninger | Introduction -- Chapter 1. Vivisection, virtue, and the law in the nineteenth century.- Chapter 2. Have animals souls?.- Chapter 3. A new age for a new century -- Chapter 4. The National Anti-Vivisection Hospital, 1902–1935.- Chapter 5. The Research Defence Society -- Chapter 6. State control, bureaucracy, and the national interest from the Second World War to the 1960s -- Conclusion.. - This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book explores the social history of the anti-vivisection movement in Britain from its nineteenth-century beginnings until the 1960s. It discusses the ethical principles that inspired the movement and the socio-political background that explains its rise and fall. Opposition to vivisection began when medical practitioners complained it was contrary to the compassionate ethos of their profession. Christian anti-cruelty organizations took up the cause out of concern that callousness among the professional classes would have a demoralizing effect on the rest of society. As the nineteenth century drew to a close, the influence of transcendentalism, Eastern religions and the spiritual revival led new age social reformers to champion a more holistic approach to science, and dismiss reliance on vivisection as a materialistic oversimplification. In response, scientists claimed it was necessary to remain objective and unemotional in order to perform the experiments necessary for medical progress.
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Emner | Animal welfare.
Ethics. Great Britain—History. Medical ethics. Vis mer... Sociology.
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Geografisk emneord | Great Britain. : (OCoLC)fst01204623
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ISBN | 1-137-55697-8
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