Animal experimentation : the consensus changes

Edited By Gill Langley. Includes Index. Includes Bibliographical References. Front Matter....Pages i-xii Are You an Animal?....Pages 1-18 Ill-gotten Gains....Pages 19-41 Evidence for Pain and Suffering in Other Animals....Pages 42-71 Methods and Practices of Animal Experimentation....Pages 72-87 Animal Experiments—A Failed Technology....Pages 88-117 Trivial and Questionable Research on Animals....Pages 118-143 Replacing Animal Experiments....Pages 144-168 The Scientist’s Responsibility for Refinement: A Guide to Better Animal Welfare and Better Science....Pages 169-192 Plea for a Sensitive Science....Pages 193-218 Legislation and the Changing Consensus....Pages 219-251 Back Matter....Pages 253-260 This book addresses practical and philosophical issues regarding the use of animals in biomedical research, testing and teaching. It does so with the aim of presenting facts and arguments to encourage scientists to reconsider their views about animal experiments.