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 Description
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.
