‘If you are empathetic you care about both animals and people. I am a nurse and I don’t like to see suffering anywhere’
Findings from 103 healthcare professionals on attitudes to animal experimentation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18075085 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrée Dignon (0000-0001-5087-4038, Coventry University), Lourens H Swanepoel (0000-0002-9955-8076, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 671-684 |
| Publication date | 2019-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1359105316678307 |
| OpenAlex | W27899446 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 25 |
This report presents qualitative and quantitative data from 103 UK healthcare professionals describing attitudes to the current system of animal testing (to produce medicines and health interventions). To gather qualitative testimony, these healthcare professionals were organised into six separate focus groups (of 18, 17, 17, 15, 17 and 19 participants) where they were asked ‘what is your opinion about the current system of animal testing?’ The study focussed on attitudes to the current system rather than attitudes to animal testing in general. The healthcare professionals also completed a quantitative attitude scale questionnaire consisting of 20 statements (all favourable) towards the system of animal testing as currently practised. Statements such as ‘Testing agencies abide by legislation to safeguard animal welfare’ were displayed and the healthcare professionals were invited to agree or disagree with these statements. The results from both the quantitative and qualitative data suggest that healthcare professionals were opposed to the current system of animal experimentation
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| Highly cited | No |