Contents

1  Veterinary nursing: the road to professionalism

2  Introduction to ethical principles

3  Introduction to the legal systems

4  Negligence and whistle-blowing

5  Regulation and representation

6  The history of animal welfare

7  Religious ethics

8  Consent to treatment in veterinary practice

9  The veterinary surgeons act

10 Animal research,ethics and law

11 Research on people: ethical considerations

12 A round-up of 'other' legislation

13 Ethical thingking: the way forward?

Appendix

Index