The following questions should be answered in the context of any clinical veterinary work (i.e. not laboratory animal work) you are involved in.  Any information collected will be treated as confidential.  Identifying information, such as IP numbers, will be removed before data analysis and storage.  By completing the questionnaire you are giving consent for the data to be used in our research.

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* 2. Do you have any of the following post- graduate qualifications? (tick all that apply to you)

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* 3. What sort of clinical work are you involved in? (Please rank to indicate the type of clinical work you do most, 1 = majority of clinical work, 3 = least clinical work)

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* 4. Please rank the following to indicate which species you work with most, with 1 being the species which makes up the majority of your clinical cases.

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* 5. Where do you do the majority of your clinical work?

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* 6. What do you consider your clinical role to be?

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* 7. As a vet, how often are you asked to be involved in clinical cases about which you have ethical concerns?

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* 8. Thinking about clinical cases where you have felt ethically challenged, can you describe why you have felt this way?  Please do not include any identifying details such as case i.d. or names.

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* 9. If faced with a clinical case about which you have ethical concerns, what is your normal course of action?

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* 10. Does the clinical practice you work in have a formal ethical review process for clinical cases?

If you would like to know more about our work on ethics or want to be involved in future research please contact Professor Eddie Clutton at e.clutton@ed.ac.uk

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