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The athlete's dilemma : sacrificing health for wealth and fame

서명/저자: The athletes dilemma : sacrificing health for wealth and fame / John Weston Parry

내용주기: 완전내용Preface; 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

내용주기: 완전내용11 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

내용주기: 완전내용23 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

초록/해제: 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.