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The book provides a critique of the use of animal models in psychology and biomedicine from scientific, ethical, and policy perspectives. Data is presented showing that the relevant clinicians do not utilize findings from the literature on eating disorders.
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The book is important for its challenge to the approach of understanding human psychology and pathology by developing animal models.
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This page is a summary of: Animal Models of Human Psychology: Critique of Science, Ethics and Policy. K J Shapiro (1998). Hogrefe and Huber: Kirkland and Göttingen. 328pp Hardback. Obtainable from the publishers, Suite 485, 218 Main Street, Kirkland, Washington, WA 98033, USA; o..., Animal Welfare, November 1998, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/s0962728600021126.
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