Science, culture, and care in laboratory animal research: interdisciplinary perspectives on the history and future of the 3Rs

The principles of the 3Rs—replacement, refinement, and reduction—strongly shape discussion of methods for performing more humane animal research and the regulation of this contested area of technoscience. This special issue looks back to the origins of the 3Rs principles through five papers that exp...

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Main Authors: Davies, Gail, Greenhough, Beth J., Hobson-West, Pru, Kirk, Robert G.W.
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Published: Sage 2018
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author Davies, Gail
Greenhough, Beth J.
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Kirk, Robert G.W.
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description The principles of the 3Rs—replacement, refinement, and reduction—strongly shape discussion of methods for performing more humane animal research and the regulation of this contested area of technoscience. This special issue looks back to the origins of the 3Rs principles through five papers that explore how it is enacted and challenged in practice and that develop critical considerations about its future. Three themes connect the papers in this special issue. These are (1) the multiplicity of roles enacted by those who use and care for animals in research, (2) the distribution of “feelings that matter” across species and spaces of laboratory animal practice, and (3) the growing importance of “cultures of care” in animal research.
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spelling nottingham-501722020-05-04T19:32:10Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50172/ Science, culture, and care in laboratory animal research: interdisciplinary perspectives on the history and future of the 3Rs Davies, Gail Greenhough, Beth J. Hobson-West, Pru Kirk, Robert G.W. The principles of the 3Rs—replacement, refinement, and reduction—strongly shape discussion of methods for performing more humane animal research and the regulation of this contested area of technoscience. This special issue looks back to the origins of the 3Rs principles through five papers that explore how it is enacted and challenged in practice and that develop critical considerations about its future. Three themes connect the papers in this special issue. These are (1) the multiplicity of roles enacted by those who use and care for animals in research, (2) the distribution of “feelings that matter” across species and spaces of laboratory animal practice, and (3) the growing importance of “cultures of care” in animal research. Sage 2018-02-13 Article PeerReviewed Davies, Gail, Greenhough, Beth J., Hobson-West, Pru and Kirk, Robert G.W. (2018) Science, culture, and care in laboratory animal research: interdisciplinary perspectives on the history and future of the 3Rs. Science, Technology & Human Values, 43 (4). pp. 603-621. ISSN 1552-8251 Laboratory animals; Ethics; Responsibility; Care; Sentience; Haraway https://doi.org/10.1177/0162243918757034 doi:10.1177/0162243918757034 doi:10.1177/0162243918757034
spellingShingle Laboratory animals; Ethics; Responsibility; Care; Sentience; Haraway
Davies, Gail
Greenhough, Beth J.
Hobson-West, Pru
Kirk, Robert G.W.
Science, culture, and care in laboratory animal research: interdisciplinary perspectives on the history and future of the 3Rs
title Science, culture, and care in laboratory animal research: interdisciplinary perspectives on the history and future of the 3Rs
title_full Science, culture, and care in laboratory animal research: interdisciplinary perspectives on the history and future of the 3Rs
title_fullStr Science, culture, and care in laboratory animal research: interdisciplinary perspectives on the history and future of the 3Rs
title_full_unstemmed Science, culture, and care in laboratory animal research: interdisciplinary perspectives on the history and future of the 3Rs
title_short Science, culture, and care in laboratory animal research: interdisciplinary perspectives on the history and future of the 3Rs
title_sort science, culture, and care in laboratory animal research: interdisciplinary perspectives on the history and future of the 3rs
topic Laboratory animals; Ethics; Responsibility; Care; Sentience; Haraway
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