Part I: Introduction
1. Veterinary controversies and ethical dilemmas: an introduction
2. Veterinary killing: history and ethics
3. The law, animals, and veterinarians
4. Sentient beings: our duty of care. Who are our patients?
5. Let’s all march for (veterinary) science: veterinary science in a post truth society Part II: Some Ethical Challenges Facing The Veterinary Profession Too much veterinary medicine
6. Just because we can doesn’t mean we should
7. Overdiagnosis
8. Do you want bloods with that?
9. Oncology and ethics
10. Small animal overtreatment: intensive care Research on companion animals
11. Innovation versus experiment: experiments on pets?
12. Veterinary ethical review. a multitude of questions
13. Can considering laboratory animal legislation improve animal welfare in innovative veterinary practice? Evidence-free veterinary medicine
14. Why believe in magic? The use of ineffective therapies has animal welfare and ethical implications
15. Should complementary and alternative veterinary medicine be considered malpractice? An ethical-legal analysis
16. Pointless supplements and ‘therapeutic’ pet foods Exotic animal medicine
17. Zoo vet dilemmas. a personal perspective
18. The value of mice Part III: why are these controversies arising? Through changes at numerous levels of the veterinary-client-patient relationship The animal population
19. Problems with pedigrees: righteous rage and the need for nuance
20. Ageing pets and physical rehabilitation The veterinary profession
21. Veterinary education and the changing profession
22. The art of veterinary science
23. Veterinary academia, specialization, and animal welfare
24. What are general practitioners good for?
25. Do vets need to love animals?
26. It is time to ditch the gold standard
27. Informed consent. in whose interests?
28. The death of veterinary euthanasia
29. Moral stress, emotional labour and mental health in the veterinary profession Veterinary practice
30. The customer isn’t always right: why business ethics is not professional ethics
31. Corporatisation: do shareholders care about animal welfare?
32. Costs of veterinary services as an animal welfare issue Veterinary clients
33. Anthropomorphism in veterinary practice
34. Going to extremes: high financial cost, overtreatment and palliative care
35. Give the dog a bone Vets in society
36. Is the veterinary profession encouraging exploitation of horses in sport?
37. Vets speaking up for animal welfare38. An approach to ethical conflicts in practice