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| 자료유형 | 단행본 |
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| 서명/저자사항 | The athlete's dilemma : sacrificing health for wealth and fame/ John Weston Parry. |
| 개인저자 | Parry, John Weston,1948- author. |
| 형태사항 | 1 online resource. |
| 기타형태 저록 | Print version: Parry, John Weston, 1948- Athlete's dilemma. Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2017 9781442275409 |
| ISBN | 9781442275416 1442275413 1442275405 9781442275409 |
| 서지주기 | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 내용주기 | Preface; Introduction; Part I: Pain, Injuries, Drugs, and Team Doctors; 1 Real Men Play Hurt; 2 Teammates, Coaches, Fans, and Other Unhealthy Influences; 3 RG3's Painful Stay in Washington; 4 The Pitfalls of Team-Directed Medical Care; Part II: Performance-Enhancing Substances: The Perilous Search for the Holy Grail; 5 Performance-Enhancing Measures; 6 Baseball's Tarnished Legacy; 7 Football's Brazen Lack of Compliance; 8 Cycling, Olympic Sports, and WADA; 9 The Laissez-Faire Approach To Doping in Tennis; 10 The IOC, WADA, IAAF, and State-Sponsored Doping in Russia 11 Regulating PEDs to Promote Athletes' HealthPart III: Physical and Mental Impairments; 12 A Litany of Sports-Related Impairments; 13 Concussions in the NFL; 14 Concussion-Related Lawsuits Filed against the NFL; 15 Football's Unholy Trinity; 16 Children Playing Football; 17 Following Suit; 18 Concussion Concerns for Female Athletes; 19 Brain and Other Severe Injuries in Baseball; Part IV: Why Elite Athletes Sacrifice Their Health; 20 Performance-Risk Rewards Undermine Health; 21 Arm Injuries to Elite Young Pitchers in Baseball; 22 Football Injuries in the NFL and College 23 The NCAA Provides Shamefully Inadequate Health Care for Its Student-Athletes24 Stigma, Stereotypes, and Secrecy Undermine Athletes' Mental Health; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
| 요약 | This book examines the health-related controversies and scandals that plague America's top spectator sports. It covers such issues as the use of performance-enhancing substances, playing through pain, the abuse of pain medicine, playing with concussions, and why athletes take these unhealthy risks in the pursuit of profit and fame. |
| 일반주제명 | Sports --Physiological aspects. Sports injuries --Moral and ethical aspects. Athletes --Health and hygiene --United States. Athletes --Drug use --United States. Doping in sports --United States. Risk-taking (Psychology) MEDICAL / Surgery / General Athetic Injuries. |
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