Animal Models of Human Psychology: Critique of Science, Ethics and Policy [Hardcover]

Kenneth Joel Shapiro (Author), Jane Goodall (Foreword)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 088937189X | ISBN-13: 978-0889371897 | Publication Date: April 1, 1998 | Edition: 1st

When is animal research a necessity and when is it cruelty? Aiming to answer this question, this work takes psychological eating disorders as a case study. The text examines the costs and benefits associated with using non-human animals to study human phenomena. The author uses a combination of historical, conceptual, ethical and political analyses as they apply to the use of animal models.

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Review

Shapiro gives a good look at his own reflections on the animal issue with scholarship that is uniquely thorough and direct. He manages to hold a steady mirror up to our assumptions and our work in a manner that is sometimes gently educative, at other times confrontive, but always difficult to ignore. Most books inform, this one can motivate change. John P. Gluck, PhD, Professor of Psychology, University of New Mexico. -- About the Author

Product Details

• Hardcover: 344 pages
• Publisher: Hogrefe & Huber Publishing; 1st edition (April 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 088937189X
• ISBN-13: 978-0889371897
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,595,909 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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