| Pain and Injury in Sport: Social and Ethical Analysis Contributor(s): Loland, Sigmund (Editor), Skirstad, Berit (Editor), Waddington, Ivan (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415357039 ISBN-13: 9780415357036 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $218.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2005 Annotation: How and why do athletes come to accept - even welcome - severe pain as part of their everyday life? Is the deliberate infliction of pain in sport justifiable? 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 * the deliberate infliction of pain and injury * the management of pain and injury * the meaning of pain and injury. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Training - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 617.102 |
| LCCN: 2005014165 |
| Series: Ethics and Sport |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 6.34" W x 9.5" (1.27 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 |