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An Introduction to Drugs in Sport [electronic resource] : Addicted to Winning?.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2008.Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (281 p.)ISBN:
  • 9780203885987 (electronic bk.)
  • 0203885988 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 362.29088796
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Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 Drug use in sport: Problems of involvement and detachment; 2 The emergence of drug use as a problem in modern sport: Sport, health and drugs; 3 The emergence of drug use as a problem in modern sport: Fair play, cheating and the 'spirit of sport'; 4 Theories of drug use in elite level sport; 5 Drug use in elite level sport: Towards a sociological understanding; 6 The other side of sports medicine: Sports medicine and the development of performance-enhancing drugs; 7 The recent history of drug use in British sport: A case study.
8 Drug use in professional cycling: A case study9 Drug use in professional football: A case study; 10 The establishment of the World Anti-Doping Agency; 11 Anti-doping policies in sport: Whither WADA?; 12 Anti-doping policies in sport: New directions?; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Summary: An Introduction to Drugs in Sport provides a detailed and systematic examination of the extent of drug use in sport and attempts to explain why athletes have, over the last four decades, increasingly used performance-enhancing drugs. Richly illustrated throughout with case studies and empirical data, this book is essential reading for anybody with an interest in the relationship between drugs, sport and society.
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 Drug use in sport: Problems of involvement and detachment; 2 The emergence of drug use as a problem in modern sport: Sport, health and drugs; 3 The emergence of drug use as a problem in modern sport: Fair play, cheating and the 'spirit of sport'; 4 Theories of drug use in elite level sport; 5 Drug use in elite level sport: Towards a sociological understanding; 6 The other side of sports medicine: Sports medicine and the development of performance-enhancing drugs; 7 The recent history of drug use in British sport: A case study.

8 Drug use in professional cycling: A case study9 Drug use in professional football: A case study; 10 The establishment of the World Anti-Doping Agency; 11 Anti-doping policies in sport: Whither WADA?; 12 Anti-doping policies in sport: New directions?; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

An Introduction to Drugs in Sport provides a detailed and systematic examination of the extent of drug use in sport and attempts to explain why athletes have, over the last four decades, increasingly used performance-enhancing drugs. Richly illustrated throughout with case studies and empirical data, this book is essential reading for anybody with an interest in the relationship between drugs, sport and society.

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