Laboratory Animals in Research and Teaching

Wisconsin Bookwatch, Sept, 2004

Laboratory Animals In Research And Teaching

Chana K. Akins et al.

American Psychological Association

750 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242

www.apa.org/books

1591471451 $59.95 1-800-368-5777

Collaboratively compiled and edited by the team of Chana K. Akins (Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Kentucky), Sangeeta Panicker (Director of Research Ethics in the American Psychological Associatoin Science Directorate), and Christopher L. Cunningham (Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience, Oregon Health and Science University), Laboratory Animals In Research And Teaching: Ethics, Care, And Methods is an assembly of essays by a variety of learned contributors concerning the role of a scientist in balancing ethical, practical, and scientific demands with regard to the use of laboratory animals. From an overview of laws, regulations, and guidelines to be respected, to necessary concerns that must be addressed to use animals in teaching or resources, to numerous appendices and case studies fleshing out the discussed principles and much more, Laboratory Animals In Research And Teaching is a sober and enlightening discourse.