Is 'a life worth living' a concept worth having?

Animal Welfare

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 397-406

  Yeates, J W ^a  

^a Research Animals Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Euthanasia; Insentience; Life worth avoiding; Life worth living; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL WELFARE; BREEDING; CONCEPT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; LIFE SATISFACTION; NONHUMAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79960863571     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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