For the Greater Good
The 'For the Greater Good' series is comprised of five featured articles. Each article portrays one author's personal stories of people and animals whose lives have been improved or saved by medical breakthroughs made possible by animal research. The series was edited by Samuel R. Sperry, then Editorial Page Associate Editor at the P-I.
"I am convinced popular support is out there for investing in research -- even if in some areas that support is dormant. Every state and region in the country can duplicate the experience of the (Northwest) Washington Association for Biomedical Research and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. It can be done. It can be popularized. The story needs to be told." -Samuel R. Sperry
Both the 'For the Greater Good' five part series and the NWABR Curriculum Guide accompanying the series are available as PDF files from the Lessons page.
The Curriculum Guide includes a 5-lesson unit outlining the use of models in both science and ethics, and provides resources for exploring the use of animals in research, using the "For the Greater Good Article Series" (Seattle P-I, 2000) as a resource. The curriculum guide also includes an assessment involving a letter to the editor.
Lessons and Assessment
Click here for the full PDF of the curriculum guide.
Although currently individual lessons and articles are not available, they are all included within the full PDF files.
Lesson 1: Examining the Relationships between Humans and Animals
Lesson 2: Models in Science
Lesson 3: Models in Ethics
Lesson 4: For the Greater Good
Lesson 5: For the Greater Good; Pro & Con Responses to the series
Letter to the editor Assessment
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Supporting Materials
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Curriculum Guide
NWABR_CURRICULUM_guide_greatergood.pdf
Although currently individual lessons and articles are not available, they are all included within the full PDF files.
Articles
Click here for the Full PDF of the article series.
Introduction
Samuel R. Sperry, P-I Associate Editor/Editorial Page
Part 1: Unlocking the secrets of genetic disease through animal research
Joesph W. Eschbach, M.D., Former President, NWABR
Part 2: Improving medical treatments for animals
Patrick R. Gavin, D.V.M., Ph.D., Professor and Chairman of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman
Part 3: Animals are key to discovering new medicines
Lawrence Corey, M.D., Professor of laboratory medicine and the head of the virology division, University of Washington School of Medicine
Part 4: Ethics of using animals in research
Rev. Delmas Luedke, manager for Spiritual Care at Swedish Medical Center, Seattle
Part 5: How research animals live
Cynthia Pekow, D.V.M., Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Comparative Medicine, University of Washington
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http://www.aalas.org/
American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS)
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http://www.kids4research.org/
Kid-centric AALAS Foundation Site
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http://www.amprogress.org/
Americans for Medical Progress Educational Foundation
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http://www.avma.org/
American Veterinary Medical Association
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http://www.fbresearch.org/
Foundation for Biomedical Research
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http://www.naiaonline.org/
National Animal Interest Alliance
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http://www.nih.gov/science/models
National Institutes of Health
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http://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/
Understanding Animal Research
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http://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/
Understanding Animal Research
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http://www.scaw.com/
Scientists Center for Animal Welfare
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http://www.simr.org.uk/
Seriously Ill for Medical Research