Ethics Week 4: Companion animals (and DL) Flashcards
Who will give advice as to whether you can breach client confidentiality?
RCVS and your boss. Don’t ring the RSPCA as your main point of contact
Under which act is dog fighting a criminal offence? Who can seize an associated dog?
Animal Welfare Act (AWA) 2006 S8. Only a police may seize a dog in connection with dog fighting.
How do RCVS guidelines encourage medicine usage?
RCVS (2009) 1 B h : understand and comply with your legal obligations in relation to the prescription, safe-keeping and supply of VMPs.
1 D f ensure that a range of reasonable treatment options are offered and explained, including prognoses and possible side effects.
RCVS 2012 Supporting Guidance 17 - Veterinary team and business.
What, in terms of ethical responsibility does an ‘agent’ and an ‘object’ mean?
AGENT = a person who is morally competent, has responsibility for an object OBJECT = a human or animal which an agent has responsibility for.
What is agent-specific responsibility?
where veterinary responsibility applies to a certain agent
What is an ‘agent-neutral’ responsibility?
a veterinary responsibility which applies of all agents
How can veterinary responsibility be classified?
Agent-specific or agent-neutral
Object-specific or object-neutral
Define object-specific
where a veterinary responsibility is specific to an object
Define object-neutral
where a veterinary responsibility is applicable to all objects (of a certain type, such as sentient animals)
An agent requires agent-specific and object-specific responsibilities. true or false?
True
A vet might not have responsibility if this is overridden by another, more powerful responsibility. True or false?
True
Who is responsible for a pet animal’s treatment?
Often shared by both:
- vet since consent is permission not a mandate so the vet can consciously refuse to fulfill the owner’s wishes
- the owner who can refuse consent.
