Animals and Public Health Why Treating Animals Better is Critical to Human Welfare

A compelling argument of how human health is adversely affected by our poor treatment of non-human animals. The author contents that in order to successfully confront the 21st Century's health challenges, we need to broaden the definition of the word 'public' in public health to inclu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Akhtar, Aysha
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 2012, 2012
Series:The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:A compelling argument of how human health is adversely affected by our poor treatment of non-human animals. The author contents that in order to successfully confront the 21st Century's health challenges, we need to broaden the definition of the word 'public' in public health to include non-human animals
Physical Description:XI, 247 p online resource
ISBN:9780230358522