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Valuing animals : veterinarians and their patients in modern America / Susan D. Jones.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jones, Susan D., 1964-
- Series:
- Animals, history, culture.
- Animals, history, culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Veterinary medicine--United States--History.
- Veterinary medicine.
- Domestic animals--Social aspects--United States--History.
- Domestic animals.
- Human-animal relationships--United States--History.
- Human-animal relationships.
- Animal welfare--United States--History.
- Animal welfare.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (232 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Both controversial and compelling, Valuing Animals uncovers the extent to which veterinary medicine has shaped--and been shaped by--this contradictory attitude.
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Doctoring a Nation of Animals at the Century's Turn; Chapter 2 - Valuable Patients; Chapter 3 - The Value of Animal Health for Human Health; Chapter 4 - The Value in Numbers; Chapter 5 - Pricing the Priceless Pet; Reconciling Use and Humanitarianism; Notes; Essay on Sources; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8018-7770-9
- OCLC:
- 923190557
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