Sigmund Loland / Berit Skirstad / Ivan Waddington (eds.)

Pain and Injury in Sport

Social and Ethical Analysis
Herausgeber: Loland, Sigmund; Waddington, Ivan; Skirstad, Berit

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Produktbeschreibung

Unique in its approach, this book raises a series of key social and ethical questions about the culture of 'playing hurt', the role of coaches and medical staff, the deliberate infliction of pain in sport, and the use of drugs.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Dezember 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 443g
• ISBN-13: 9780415357043
• ISBN-10: 0415357047
• Artikelnr.: 21202148

Autorenporträt

Sigmund Loland is Professor and Head of Section of Sport, Culture and Society at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo. Berit Skirstad is Associate Professor and responsible for Sport Management at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo. Ivan Waddington is Visiting Professor at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo; the Centre for Research into Sport and Society, University College Chester, UK; and the Centre for Sports Studies, University College Dublin, Ireland.

Inhaltsangabe

Section I: Pain and Injury in Sports: Three Overviews 1. The Sociology of
Pain and Injury in Sport: Main Perspectives and Problems 2. Sport and the
Psychology of Pain 3. Three Approaches to the Study of Pain in Sport
Section II: Pain, Injury and Performance 4. The Place of Pain in Running 5.
Pains and Strains on the Ice: Some thoughts on the Physical and Mental
Struggles of Polar Adventurers 6. Injured Female Athletes: Experiential
Accounts from England and Canada Section III: The Deliberate Infliction of
Pain and Injury 7. Sport and the Systematic Infliction of Pain: a Case
Study of State Sponsored Mandatory Doping in East Germany 8. Pain and
Injury in Boxing: The Medical Profession Divided 9. The Intentional
Infliction of Pain in Sport: Ethical Perspectives Section IV: The
Management of Pain and Injury 10. Sports Medicine: A Very Peculiar
Practice? Doctors and Physiotherapists in Elite English Rugby Union 11.
Ethical Problems in the Medical Management of Sports Injuries: a Case Study
of English Professional Football 12. The Ontology of Sports Injuries and
Professional Medical Ethics 13. The Role of Injury in the Organization of
Paralympic Sport Section V: The Meaning of Pain and Injury 14. Suffering in
and for Sport: Some Philosophical Remarks on a Painful Emotion 15. Pain,
Suffering and Paradox in Sport and Religion