Animals and Public Health

Why Treating Animals Better is Critical to Human Welfare

• Author(s): A. Akhtar,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 247
• ISBN_10: 0230358527
  ISBN_13: 9780230358522
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Science / Life Sciences / Zoology / General , Political Science / Public Policy / Social Policy , Philosophy / Ethics & Moral Philosophy , Medical / Public Health , Social Science / Sociology / General , Political Science / Public Policy / General ,

Description:... 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.