Sigmund (Hrsg.) Loland

Pain and Injury in Sport

Social and Ethical Analysis

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For elite athletes, pain and injury are normal. In a challenge to the orthodox medical model, this book makes it clear that pain and injury cannot be understood in terms of physiology alone, and examines the influence of social and cultural processes on how athletes experience pain and injury. It 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. This book begins by providing three different perspectives on the topic of pain and injury in sport, and goes on to discuss:* pain, injury and performance * t… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Skirstad, Berit (Hrsg.) / Waddington, Ivan (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-1-134-24874-2
EAN: 9781134248742
Produktnummer: 14484506
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
Seitenangabe: 288 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 606 KB
Abbildungen: 2 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen

Über den Autor

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.