Ethical decision making about animal experiments

Ethics and Behavior

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 163-171

  Barbara Orlans, F ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal pain; Animal suffering; Community representation; Institutional animal care and use committees; Moral judgments

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CONSUMER; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; GUIDE FOR THE CARE AND USE OF LABORATORY ANIMALS (NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL); HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MENTAL STRESS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PAIN; POLICY; REVIEW; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; GUIDE FOR THE CARE AND USE OF LABORATORY ANIMALS (NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL);

ANIMAL CARE COMMITTEES; ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DECISION MAKING; ETHICAL REVIEW; ETHICS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNATIONALITY; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; PAIN; PUBLIC POLICY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031296448     PISSN: 10508422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327019eb0702_7     Document Type: Article

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