Synopses & Reviews
A book like no other in the field of veterinary medicine with pertinent information every student and practitioner will find beneficial.
Veterinaries have access to a great variety of texts, journals, and continuing education opportunities to keep them on top of the tremendous technological advances in clinical care and preventive medicine. Outside of the technical realm, however, there are many global trends, which exert profound effects on how the veterinary profession serves society and how veterinary professionals define their role in a rapidly changing world. This new and unrivaled book delves into these influences in impressive detail, identifying new challenges and opportunities for the veterinary profession in a global context.
Unique topics covered include:
- The important global trends with implications for veterinary medicine.
- Different cultural attitudes towards the human use of animals, their impact on the human-animal relationship, and the challenges this poses for veterinarians.
- The role of livestock in food security, rural development, and sustainable agriculture and the opportunities for veterinarians to improve the lives of people who depend on animals around the world.
- The relationship of global environmental change to animal health and production.
- The emerging field of conservation medicine and the important role of veterinarians in protecting biodiversity and conserving wildlife.
- A global perspective on veterinary service delivery and the opportunities and challenges for improving animal health care worldwide.
- The growth of international trade, its relation to food safety and animal health, and its impact on animal agricultural and veterinary medicine.
- The growing risk of foreign animal disease, the national and international institutions involved in animal disease control, and the role of the private practitioner in controlling foreign animal disease.
- Nontraditional career paths for veterinarians interested in working internationally and how to identify and prepare for such international career opportunities.
Synopsis
First-of-a-kind resource textbook in concert with the implementation of a new course offering. Developing for years, international veterinary medicine in the United States is inclusive of the current education for fourth year veterinary students. Topics covered range from biodiversity, habitat preservation and wildlife to animals, veterinarians and the solution of social problems. Relevant for part of the Public Health training programs and government agencies such as the Peace Corps and the World Health Organization. This domestic textbook joins forces with Canadian and European schools of veterinary medicine courses concerned with a global picture. Each chapter includes maps, tables and photographs.
Synopsis
Tending Animals in the Global Village is a unique new offering relevant to veterinary students, practitioners, academics and policymakers. This book serves as a guide through the evolving landscape of international veterinary medicine. It provides the reader with insights into the global trends which are shaping the future of veterinary medicine, and identifies the new global challenges and opportunities for veterinarians working at home or abroad. A diverse range of international issues are discussed from a veterinary perspective including: social, cultural, economic and environmental factors influencing the human use of animals worldwide; the expanding global demand for foods of animal origin; the value of livestock in economic development among the world's rural poor, the role of veterinarians in foreign assistance; imbalances in veterinary service delivery around the world; the relationship of animal health and production to global environmental change; the contribution of veterinary medicine to the preservation of biodiversity and the conservation of wildlife; and, the impact of expanding international trade on food safety and the growing threat of foreign animal disease. This volume can serve as a textbook for a survey course in international veterinary medicine at any point in the veterinary curriculum. Graduate veterinarians will also find the book useful in identifying challenges for their practices at home, or opportunities for veterinary work abroad. The book includes a chapter on preparing for and identifying opportunities for international work as well as an appendix of contact information for agencies and organizations related to international veterinary medicine. Whilethe book is written primarily with a veterinary audience in mind, the easy informative style makes the book interesting and accessible to anyone interested in the relationship of animals to human society. Each chapter includes maps, tables and photographs.
Synopsis
Tending Animals in the Global Village is a unique new offering relevant to veterinary students, practitioners, academics and policymakers. This book serves as a guide through the evolving landscape of international veterinary medicine. It provides the reader with insights into the global trends which are shaping the future of veterinary medicine, and identifies the new global challenges and opportunities for veterinarians working at home or abroad.
Synopsis
Phil Rich, EdD, MSW, LICSW is the Clinical Director of Stetson School, a residential treatment program for juvenile sexual offenders and sexually reactive children in Barre, Massachusetts. He received his MSW in 1979 and his doctorate in applied behavioral and group studies in 1992, and has practiced as a clinical social worker for over 25 years. He has served as the program director of five residential and day treatment programs, and has worked extensively with troubled adolescents and adults in residential, inpatient, day treatment, and outpatient settings. He has 12 published books, including Understanding Juvenile Sexual Offenders: Assessment, Treatment, and Rehabilitation, published by John Wiley & Sons.
About the Author
David M.Sherman, DVM, MS, DACVIM
Table of Contents
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
1. The Global Society and Veterinary Medicine.
2. Animal Domestication and Human Society.
3. Cultural Attitudes Concerning the Use of Animals.
4. Animal Agriculture and Food Production Worldwide.
5. Animals, Food Security, and Socioeconomic Development.
6. Animals and the Environment.
7. Preservation of Biodiversity, Wildlife, and Conservation Medicine.
8. Delivery of Animal Health Care Services Worldwide.
9. International Trade, Food Safety, and Animal Disease Control.
10. Career Opportunities in International Veterinary Medicine.
Appendix: Contact Information for Agencies and Organizations: Relevant to International Veterinary Medicine.
Index.