Ethical and scientific considerations when making decisions to euthanise companion animals

Ethical Considerations When Representing Organizations

Euthanasia of companion animals: a legal and ethical analysis.

In Italy, the conditions under which euthanasia of small pets is justified are only partially regulated by law n. 281/1991, article 2 n. 6 and 9, by the later Ministry Circular n. 9 made on 10/03/1992 and by law n. 189/2004. Law n. 281/1991, besides delegating the job of birth control in cat and dog populations to the regions, has made it statutory that stray dogs may only be euthanised when th...

Ethical Dilemmas in Euthanasia of Small Companion Animals

Animal ethics is a complex subject, and only recently the concern about the moral status and rights of non human animals, is subject of debate. In this paper I will deal mostly with the ethics in deciding euthanasia in the small animal clinical setting. My purpose is to lay out some issues about animal euthanasia, with the hope of helping veterinarians to analyze the relevant ethical concerns, ...

Public Health Genomics (PHG): From Scientific Considerations to Ethical Integration

Recent advances in our understanding of the human genome have raised high hopes for the creation of personalized medicine able to predict diseases well before they occur, or that will lead to individualized and therefore more effective treatments. This possibility of a more accurate science of the prevention and surveillance of disease also illuminates the field of public health, where the tran...

Making ethical decisions: stories from surgeons.

Surgeons share their challenges and dilemmas in making ethical decisions in these twelve personal stories. The three commentary articles draw out the lessons the stories address. The commentators come from diverse backgrounds including sociology, bioethics, nursing, and surgery.