Sport, Medicine, Ethics

Sport, Medicine, Ethics

Mike McNamee (Editor)
$170.00
Publication Date: April 10th, 2014
Publisher:
Routledge
ISBN:
9780415708524
Pages:
228
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Description

The ethics of sports medicine is an important emerging area within biomedical ethics. This timely collection of articles explores the conceptual and practical issues that shape and define ethics in sports medicine. Examining central topics such as consent, confidentiality, pain, doping and genetic technology, this book establishes an important baseline for future academic and professional work in this area.

About the Author

Mike McNamee is Professor of Applied Ethics in the College of Engineering at Swansea University, UK. He is editor of the international journal Sport, Ethics and Philosophy, co-editor of Routledge's landmark book series Ethics and Sports and a former President of the International Association for the Philosophy of Sport.