John Weston Parry

The Athlete's Dilemma

Sacrificing Health for Wealth and Fame

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 364
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 743g
• ISBN-13: 9781442275409
• ISBN-10: 1442275405
• Artikelnr.: 46601228

Autorenporträt

John Weston Parry is a lawyer, writer, and host of the website and blog sportpatholgies.com. He is the former director of the American Bar Association's Commission on Disability Rights (1982-2012) and editor/editor-in-chief of the Mental and Physical Disability Law Reporter (1979-2011). He has published numerous books and articles on mental disability and health law, diversity, and the rights of persons with disabilities, including Mental Disability, Violence, Future Dangerousness: Myths Behind the Presumption of Guilt (Rowman & Littlefield, 2013).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction PART I: PAIN, INJURIES, DRUGS, AND TEAM DOCTORS
Chapter 1: Real Men Play Hurt Chapter 2: Teammates, Coaches, Fans, and
Other Unhealthy Influences Chapter 3: RG3's Painful Stay in Washington
Chapter 4: The Pitfalls of Team-Directed Medical Care PART II:
PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING SUBSTANCES: THE PERILOUS SEARCH FOR THE HOLY GRAIL
Chapter 5: Performance-Enhancing Measures: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Chapter 6: Baseball's Tarnished Legacy Chapter 7: Football's Brazen Lack of
Compliance Chapter 8: Cycling, Olympic Sports, and WADA Chapter 9: The
Laissez-Faire Approach To Doping in Tennis Chapter 10: The IOC, WADA, IAAF,
and State-Sponsored Doping in Russia Chapter 11: Regulating PEDs to Promote
Athletes' Health PART III: PHYSICAL AND MENTAL IMPAIRMENTS Chapter 12: A
Litany of Sports-Related Impairments Chapter 13: Football Concussions in
the NFL: Myths, Deceptions, Denials, and Lies Chapter 14:
Concussion-Related Lawsuits Filed against the NFL Chapter 15: Football's
Unholy Trinity: Brain Traumas, Bounties, and Deliberate Injuries Chapter
16: Children Playing Football: The NFL's Achilles Heel Chapter 17:
Following Suit: Concussions in the NHL and NCAA Football Chapter 18:
Concussion Concerns for Female Athletes Chapter 19: Brain and Other Severe
Injuries in Baseball PART IV: WHY ELITE ATHLETES SACRIFICE THEIR HEALTH
Chapter 20: Performance-Risk Rewards Undermine Health Chapter 21: Arm
Injuries to Elite Young Pitchers in Baseball Chapter 22: Football Injuries
in the NFL and College Chapter 23: The NCAA Provides Shamefully Inadequate
Health Care for Its Student-Athletes Chapter 24: Stigma, Stereotypes, and
Secrecy Undermine Athletes' Mental Health Conclusion: Protecting Athletes'
Health in Cartel-Governed Sports Notes Bibliography About the Author