Blue Juice: Euthanasia in Veterinary Medicine

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Blue Juice in the series Animals, Culture, and Society, edited by Clinton R. Sanders and Arnold Arluke also in this series: Rhoda M. Wilkie, Livestock/Deadstock: Working with Farm Animals from Birth to Slaughter Arnold Arluke, Just a Dog: Understanding Animal Cruelty and Ourselves Marc Bekoff, Animal Passions and Beastly Virtues: Reflections on Redecorating Nature Leslie Irvine, If You Tame Me: Understanding Our Connection with Animals Janet M. Alger and Steven F. Alger, Cat Culture: The Social World of a Cat Shelter Rik Scarce, Fishy Business: Salmon, Biology, and the Social Construction of Nature Clinton R. Sanders, Understanding Dogs: Living and Working with Canine Companions Eileen Crist, Images of Animals: Anthropomorphism and Animal Mind Rod Michalko, The Two in One: Walking with Smokie, Walking with Blindness Ralph H. Lutts, ed., The Wild Animal Story Julian McAllister Groves, Hearts and Minds: The Controversy over Laboratory Animals Arnold Arluke and Clinton R. Sanders, Regarding Animals Patricia Morris Blue Juice TEMPLE UnIvERSIT y PRESS PHIL AdELPHIA Euthanasia in Veterinary Medicine TEMPLE UnIvERSITy PRESS Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122 www.temple.edu/tempress Copyright © 2012 by Temple University All rights reserved Published 2012 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data Morris, Patricia (Patricia Hope), 1976– Blue juice : euthanasia in veterinary medicine / Patricia Morris. p. ; cm. — (Animals, culture, and society) Euthanasia in veterinary medicine Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBn 978-1-4399-0705-4 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBn 978-1-4399-0706-1 (paper : alk. paper) — ISBn 978-1-4399-0707-8 (e-book) I. Title. II. Title: Euthanasia in veterinary medicine. III. Series: Animals, culture, and society. [dnLM: 1. Euthanasia, Animal. 2. Bonding, Human-Pet. 3. Pets—psychology. 4. Professional-Patient Relations. SF 756.394] 636.089′6029—dc23 2011047604 The paper used in this publication meets the requirements of the American national Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, AnSI Z39.48-1992 Printed in the United States of America 2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3 1 ...