Summary: Advances in information technology and recent national directives have the potential to support dramatic improvements in health care. Two key components are the implementation of functional electronic health record (EHR) systems and widely accepted, evidence-based clinical performance measures for physicians.
In 2009, The Paw Project led the successful campaigns to legally ban declawing of domestic cats in 7 more California cities: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Burbank, Santa Monica, Berkeley, Beverly Hills and Culver City.
Reviewed by Elizabeth A. Martinez, DVM. Declawing cats is an emotionally charged and hotly debated topic. Drew Weigner, Atlanta veterinarian and a past president of the Academy of Feline Medicine, offers his perspective on the topic.