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Can ethics and commerce coexist in veterinary practice?
Author(s) -
Howes Edward
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
in practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.211
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2042-7689
pISSN - 0263-841X
DOI - 10.1136/inpract.28.10.619
Subject(s) - commercialism , nothing , odds , legislation , veterinary medicine , medicine , public relations , business , law , political science , environmental ethics , philosophy , epistemology , logistic regression
WHAT might a veterinary surgeon from the 1950s make of today's veterinary market? Would they be shocked at the ownership composition of practices, new legislation, and how practices are directing their resources, reaching out to their clients and promoting their services? They might well be, but according to Edward Howes they ain't seen nothing yet! As one of a new generation of non‐clinical partners in veterinary practice, he argues that increasing commercialism is not a bad thing in itself. But can ethics and commerce coexist in practice ‐ and what happens when they are at odds?