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The athlete's dilemma : sacrificing health for wealth and fame
- Material Type
- 전자책
- n974796389
- Date and Time of Latest Transaction
- 20180104061610.5
- ISBN
- 9781442275416 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN
- 1442275413 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN
- 9781442275409 (hardback alk. paper)
- ISBN
- 1442275405
- ISBN
- 9781442275409
- LC Callnumber
- RC1235
- DDC
- 617.1/027-23
- 소장사항
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MAIN
- Author
- Parry, John Weston , 1948-
- Title/Author
- The athletes dilemma : sacrificing health for wealth and fame / John Weston Parry
- Material Info
- 1 online resource
- 서지주기
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Formatted Contents Note
- 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
- Formatted Contents Note
- 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
- Formatted Contents Note
- 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
- Abstracts/Etc
- 요약This 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.
- Subject Added Entry-Topical Term
- Sports Physiological aspects
- Subject Added Entry-Topical Term
- Sports injuries Moral and ethical aspects
- Subject Added Entry-Topical Term
- Athletes Health and hygiene United States
- Subject Added Entry-Topical Term
- Athletes Drug use United States
- Subject Added Entry-Topical Term
- Doping in sports United States
- Subject Added Entry-Topical Term
- Risk-taking (Psychology)
- Subject Added Entry-Topical Term
- MEDICAL / Surgery / General
- Subject Added Entry-Topical Term
- Athetic Injuries
- Additional Physical Form Entry
- Print versionParry, John Weston, 1948- Athlete's dilemma. Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2017 9781442275409 (DLC) 2016045936
- Electronic Location and Access
- 링크정보보기
- Control Number
- yscl:140087
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