Anti-Vivisection and the Profession of Medicine in Britain A Social History /

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 explain...

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التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
المؤلف الرئيسي: Bates, A.W.H (مؤلف)
مؤلف مشترك: SpringerLink (Online service)
التنسيق: الكتروني كتاب الكتروني
اللغة:الإنجليزية
منشور في: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
سلاسل:The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series
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الوصول للمادة أونلاين:http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55697-4
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الملخص: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.
وصف مادي:XXI, 217 p. online resource.
ردمك:9781137556974
DOI:10.1057/978-1-137-55697-4
وصول:Open Access