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- From: jeffp@vetmed.wsu.edu (Jeff Parke)
- Subject: Re: A vet's responsibilities (WAS save this dog)
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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 02:09:06 GMT
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- Kristin J. Thommes (kjt34420@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu) wrote:
- > graziano@ravel.udel.edu (Lisa Marie Graziano) writes:
-
- > >I feel the need to express an opinion... A vet's first responsibility is
- > >to the patient, not the owner. A vet is not there to serve people who
- > >amuse themselves with living toys. A pet owner takes on a tremendous
- > >responsibility by having pets; and if they at any time refuse to live up
- > >to it, then the animal, vet, etc have no responsibility to the _former_
- > >owner.
-
- >...
- > A veterinarian's relationship with the patient (an animal) and the client (the
- > owner of said animal), is not unlike that of a pediatrition to his patient
- > and his patient's parents. A pediatrition may =want= to follow a procedure
- > for a child, because he/she knows that this particular procedure would be for
- > the benefit of the child. For instance, vaccinating the child againt tetanus.
- > However, the pediatrition cannot perform this procedure without the parent's
- > consent.
- >...
- > I guesss the bottom line is that if veterinarians were allowed to decide who
- > a "good" owner is, then how much longer would it be before somebody would be
- > given the authority to decide who a "good" parent is? Yes, I am well aware
- > of child welfare places where they =do= take children away from obviously
- > negligent parents, and that is GOOD. The SPCA can do the same for animals.
-
- > >Anyways, I've never _heard_ of a vet doing "experiments" with
- > >animals.
- > This happens every day, at universities and private labs. This is how
- > we find out what sort of side effects there are on certain drugs, and this is
- > how new vaccines are created. Please note that this research benefits the
- > =animals= and not just people. If it wasn't for these experiments, we would
- > not be able to do hip replacement for dysplastic dogs. The rabies vaccine
- > would have never been invented. AND, we would not know how to treat
- > different forms of cancer....what types and amounts of drugs to use, how long
- > to use them, etc.
- >.....
-
- I just want to add, Well Said Kristin!
-
- It is unfortunate that vets don't even have the options of guarenteeing proper
- health care that the pediatrician has. Vets certainly cannot intervene on
- the part of animals whose owners are misinformed, ignorant, malicious or
- otherwise unable to provide proper care. Nor would I argue strongly that
- we should in this society. We should do our best to inform people of their
- options, to educate people about the proper care and ownership of animals.
- To convince them that our services are essential in providing an important
- part of that stewardship.
-
- -Jeff (another future vet)
-
- --
- Jeff Parke <jeffp@vcs10.vetmed.wsu.edu>
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