A multi-author book to help athletes, coaches, lawyers, doctors, sports administrators and officials get to grips with a complex and explosive topic. Also ideal for undergraduates on a range of courses, it is a collection of pieces, often controversial, from some of the finest minds in the field.
Taking into account the regulations, methods and landmark cases, this book explores the hard science behind drug use in sport, as well as the ethical, social, political and administrative contexts. It includes illustrative case studies and references.
Why do many athletes risk their careers by taking performance-enhancing drugs? Do the highly competitive pressures of elite sports teach athletes to win at any cost? This book examines drug use in sport and attempts to explain why athletes have, over the years, used performance-enhancing drugs.
The issue of doping in sport was once of interest only to aficionados of elite sports. Nowadays, it is a matter of intense public scrutiny that spans the worlds of health, medicine, sports, politics, technology, and beyond. This title illustrates how the issue of doping has evolved beyond the world of elite sport into an arena of public health.
Reveals the historic course of change and traces the destructive results of doping. This work is divided into several regional sections which shed light on the practice of deception in sport through pharmaceutical manipulations, its impact on different societies, and the use of various kinds of drugs and methods.
Brings together an interdisciplinary group of experts in bioethics, sports, law, and philosophy to examine the need for regulating such athletic performance-enhancing technologies as steroids and gene doping. Exploring the culture and policy issues surrounding doping in athletics, this title details the history and state of drug use in sports.
Anabolic steroids can promote the growth of skeletal muscle and the development of male sexual characteristics in both males and females. Illicit steroids are often sold at gyms, competitions, and through mail order operations after being smuggled into this country. This book presents important information related to this problem.
The attitude that the use of performance-enhancing supplements and drugs is not unethical needs examination by exercise physiology professionals. This book explains - within the importance of professional development in exercise physiology - the way an exercise physiologist should think about sports nutrition, athletics, and cheating.