12 Topics List

• Should veterinarians provide remote tele-medicine diagnosis, prognosis, and prescriptions? 
• Accessibility of veterinary care and the role of the veterinarian.
• How might the increasing corporatization of veterinary medicine affect professional autonomy, client choice, and patient outcomes? 

• How is the Standard of Care defined for veterinarians? 
• Defining suffering in companion animals (click to download)
• Applied ethics in confinement agriculture: exploring the role of the veterinarian in food security, sustainability, human health, and animal welfare

• What are the ethical issues surrounding "scaled" treatment plans in veterinary medicine? 
• Ethics surrounding medical futility of animal patients
• Convenience euthanasia in veterinary medicine
• The ethics of breeding and owning small and large exotic animals in non-zoo settings - veterinary roles and responsibilities in this context
• Data mining in animal healthcare: Balancing ownership, privacy, consent, and social benefit.
• How should veterinarians handle conflicts between ethics and the law?