Moral Stress
22 Moral Stress Carrie Jurney and Barry Kipperman What Is Moral Stress? The term moral stress (also referred to as moral distress) was introduced in the human nursing profession to…
Laboratory Animals
11 Laboratory Animals Larry Carbone Veterinarians swear to protect animal welfare and relieve animal suffering. How can they participate in animal research that causes so much animal suffering? On the…
Integrative Medicine
16 Integrative Medicine Narda G. Robinson Introduction Integrative veterinary medicine (IVM), a field also known as “complementary and alternative veterinary medicine,” “holistic medicine,” “unconventional,” and “natural medicine,” first began in…
Economic Issues
8 Economic Issues Barry Kipperman, Gary Block, and Brian Forsgren Introduction The origins of small animal practice in the United States were associated with efforts to help animal owners who…
