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Underdogs : pets, people, and poverty /
"Underdogs looks into the rapidly growing initiative to provide veterinary care to underserved communities in such places as North Carolina and Costa Rica and how those living in or near poverty respond to these forms of care. For many years, the primary focus of the humane community in the Uni...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Athens :
The University of Georgia Press,
[2020]
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| Colección: | Animals voices, animal worlds.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION Pets, Poverty, and theProblem of Access to Veterinary Care
- San Rafael, Costa Rica
- ONE Liminal Pets and Their People Living With Street Animals in Traditional Costa Rican Culture
- TWO Who Speaks for the Underserved? Cooperation and Conflict Among Welfare and Veterinary Groups
- THREE Sterilization as an Agent of Social Change Changing How Communities Think About Pets
- West Charlotte, North Carolina
- FOUR Underdogs and Their People Living With Pets in Racially Concentrated Poverty
- FIVE The "Costs" of Care Nonfinancial Barriers to Using Free or Low-cost Veterinary Services
- SIX "Perfect Is the Enemy of Good" Thinking Differently About Low-income Pet Owners
- SEVEN Forms of Veterinary Capital The Unintended Consequences of Increased Access
- CONCLUSION Increasing Access to Veterinary Care Problems, Partnerships, and Paradoxes
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- L
- M
- N
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- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
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- W