Doping and Public Health

Doping and Public Health
Author :
Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 179
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781317421092
ISBN-13 : 1317421094
Rating : 4/5 (094 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Doping and Public Health by : Nader Ahmadi

Download or read book Doping and Public Health written by Nader Ahmadi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-31 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Doping – the use of performance-enhancing substances and methods – has long been a high-profile issue in sport but in recent years it has also become an issue in wider society. This important new book examines doping as a public health issue, drawing on a multi-disciplinary set of perspectives to explore the prevalence, significance and consequences of doping in wider society. It introduces the epidemiology of doping, examines the historical context, and explores the social, behavioural, legal, ethical and political aspects of doping. The book also discusses possible interventions for addressing the problem on organisational and societal levels. Doping and Public Health incorporates the latest research to provide a comprehensive guide to the key aspects of doping as a social phenomenon. Divided into six parts, this collection of studies offers detailed insight into: ideals of health and fitness in today’s society reasons behind the use of doping medical and social consequences of doping the importance of a doping-free society challenges to the detection and prevention of doping the global anti-doping movement. This book is a valuable resource for sport students, instructors and sport professionals, and will also be of interest to educators and policy-makers working in the areas of health, criminology, sociology and law.


Doping and Public Health Related Books

Doping and Public Health
Language: en
Pages: 179
Authors: Nader Ahmadi
Categories: Health & Fitness
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-03-31 - Publisher: Routledge

GET EBOOK

Doping – the use of performance-enhancing substances and methods – has long been a high-profile issue in sport but in recent years it has also become an iss
Acute Topics in Anti-Doping
Language: en
Pages: 216
Authors: O. Rabin
Categories: Psychology
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-06-02 - Publisher: Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers

GET EBOOK

Doping represents the dark side of amateur and professional sports – in order to protect athletes around the globe, anti-doping rules are continuously revised
Doping, Performance-Enhancing Drugs, and Hormones in Sport
Language: en
Pages: 169
Authors: Anthony C. Hackney
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-11-23 - Publisher: Elsevier

GET EBOOK

Doping, Performance-Enhancing Drugs, and Hormones in Sport: Mechanisms of Action and Methods of Detection examines the biochemistry and bioanalytical aspects of
Emerging Drugs in Sport
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Olivier Rabin
Categories:
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022 - Publisher:

GET EBOOK

Athletes are always aiming to be faster, better, stronger. New techniques to enhance their sporting performance have increasingly been linked to use of novel ps
Drugs in Sport
Language: en
Pages: 520
Authors: David Mottram
Categories: Medical
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-09-01 - Publisher: Routledge

GET EBOOK

Drug use and abuse represents perhaps the most profound and high-profile issue facing sport today. Each major international championship seems to deliver a new