Picturing the Pain of Animal Others: Rationalising Form, Function and Suffering in Veterinary Orthopaedics
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Chris Degeling, ‘Picturing the Pain of Animal Others: Rationalising Form, Function and Suffering in Veterinary Orthopaedics,’ History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences 31 (2009): 377–403
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Explores how vets perceived the suffering of pets within in the context of fracture care. Traces the shift away from ‘objective’ indicators such as X rays to acknowledgement of the owner’s ‘subjective’ opinions. - ABIGAIL WOODS