Balcombe, Jonathan,

Anything but Routine. Jonathan Balcombe. - Good Medicine, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 107, Human Relations, 1522-3248; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: Anything but Routine, Autumn 2003; pp. 8-10.

"Studies of rats, mice, rabbits, monkeys, and other species commonly used in laboratory experiments indicate that the experience of being picked up by a human experimenter may be every bit as fearsome as being palmed by King Kong." (GOOD MEDICINE) This article examines research on how animals react to common procedures performed in a lab, noting pain and distress for the animals may not only be inhumane, but could alter biological variables that affect research results.

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