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Health Care Economics and Organizations > Social Control, Formal > Animal Welfare > Animal Rights
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Sociology > Social Control, Formal > Animal Welfare > Animal Rights

Preferred term

Animal Rights  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Speciesism

Note

  • refers to domestic, laboratory or wild animals; ANIMAL WELFARE is also available

Scope note

  • The moral and ethical bases of the protection of animals from cruelty and abuse. The rights are extended to domestic animals, laboratory animals, and wild animals.

History note

  • 93; was see ANIMAL WELFARE 1986-92; SPECIESISM was see ANIMAL WELFARE 1987-92

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D017087

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