Sydney Health Ethics: Recent submissions
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Picturing the Pain of Animal Others: Rationalising Form, Function and Suffering in Veterinary Orthopaedics
Published 2009-01-01Advances in veterinary orthopaedics are assessed on their ability to improve the function and wellbeing of animal patients. And yet historically veterinarians have struggled to bridge the divide between an animal’s ...Open AccessArticle -
Canines, Consanguinity, and One-Medicine: All the Qualities of a Dog except Loyalty
Published 2008-01-01The rise of pet culture and the expansion of medical science occurred concurrently in the late–nineteenth century. From this time in Anglo-American societies dogs were simultaneously valorised as ‘man’s best friend’ and ...Open AccessArticle -
“It was not just a walking experience”: reflections on the role of care in dog-walking.
Published 2013-01-01Research into physical activity and human health has recently begun to attend to dog-walking. This study extends the literature on dog-walking as a health behaviour by conceptualizing dog-walking as a caring practice. It ...Open AccessArticle -
Equity under the knife: justice and evidence in surgery.
Published 2012-01-01Surgery is an increasingly common and expensive mode of medical intervention. The ethical dimensions of the surgeon-patient relationship including respect for personal autonomy and informed consent are much discussed, but ...Open AccessArticle -
Portrayals of canine obesity in English-language newspapers and in leading veterinary journals, 2000-2009: Implications for animal welfare organizations and veterinarians as public educators
Published 2011-01-01In industrialized societies, more than one in three dogs as well as people currently qualify as overweight or obese. Experts in public health expect both these figures to rise. While clinical treatment remains important, ...Open AccessArticle