Bücher von John Maxwell

University education in veterinary science has been available in Australia for the last 130 years. In spite of the fact that nearly 90% of veterinarians are employed in private general practice they are seldom found to author veterinary literature. Practitioners predominate in Australia and are often the first to encounter a new animal disease, yet they seldom contribute to veterinary knowledge by publishing articles. Academics, government veterinary officers and specialists overwhelmingly dominate when it comes to published articles. In this monograph, Dr John Maxwell, a rural practitioner, asks the question, ¿Why is veterinary literature in Australia produced ¿ almost exclusively ¿ by non-practitioners?¿ He does this by examining his own career as a rural practitioner, during which he has published over 50 articles against considerable resistance from those who administer veterinary literature in Australia. As a country veterinarian, John Maxwell has seen it all and, in this monograph, details his experiences in having scientific articles published and thus contributing to veterinary knowledge.

At Federation (1901), Australia became a nation. Two universities (Melbourne and Sydney) provided Veterinary Faculties. During the first 50 years after this, Veterinary Scientists were sure of their place and value in Australia's society. In 1936, a third university offered this course (Queensland) and by 1950, there were 400 veterinarians registered in Australia. Fifty-years later, with a fourth veterinary school (Murdoch) there were 6,000 registered veterinarians. However, these were no longer sure of their role. Attrition rates of students and graduates were increasing, there was an oversupply in relation to demand and females were dominating the profession. Today, with 12,000 registered veterinarians, conditions have worsened, that which was once a full-time masculine vocation has become a part-time feminine avocation and the question arises, "Has Veterinary Science a future in Australia?" If the current business models of private practice, government service and other activities undertaken by graduates become obsolete? If so, will new models save the day? Not only must Australia's veterinary community face these challenges, so must others elsewhere.

A must-read for community activists who've ever wondered how to get their stories in the media. How to Make Our Own News will also be a useful resource for journalists who cover environmental issues. The author is a veteran journalist who also has long been directly engaged in work on behalf of the environment, and he has written a cogent "how to" on reaching audiences, developing story ideas, conducting successful interviews and writing stories that will be accepted by news editors. The work includes appendixes that summarise Agenda 21, the principles of sustainable development that resulted from the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro.