Lives in the balance: the ethics of using animals in biomedical research

Abstract

Contents include:- The researchers, their aims and methods -- Benefits of biomedical research involving animal subjects -- Pain, stress, and anxiety in animals -- Animals as experimental subjects -- Ethical considerations in the development and use of replacement alternatives to animal experiments -- The assessment and 'weighing' of costs and benefits -- Ethical considerations in the use of animals in toxicology and toxicity testing -- Ethical considerations in the use of animals in education and training -- From theory to practice: control of biomedical research involving animal subjects -- The philosophical and moral debate on the use of animals in biomedical research.