Animal Research at Stanford University
- 16 June 1988
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 318 (24) , 1630-1632
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm198806163182429
Abstract
Ever since biomedical scientists began using animals as subjects for investigation, they have encountered opposition to the practice.1 As research on animals and opposition to it have evolved, many of the terms and tactics of confrontation have changed. The current battle has been pitched on four fronts: in the popular media, in legislatures, in burglarized and vandalized laboratories, and in philosophical forums. The charges and denials exchanged by the parties to the dispute, however, have often obscured both facts and common sense in discussions of animal research. The confusion engendered by this controversy led the Stanford University Medical Center Committee . . .Keywords
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