Drug abuse in sport books

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Managing Drugs in Sport Jason (University of New South Wales, Australia) Mazanov As recent high-profile drugs scandals have demonstrated, sport organisations rarely have a coherent, meaningful, long-term management strategy regarding drug use and abuse. Typically, sport managers hope drug problems never happen and engage in damage control when they do. This important... Format: Paperback - Released: 26/03/2018

Drugs in Sport David R. (Liverpool John Moores University, UK) Mottram Drugs in Sport is the most comprehensive and accurate text on the emotive, complex and critical subject of doping and illegal performance enhancement in sport. Thoroughly updated in light of the latest World Anti-Doping Code and taking into account the... Format: Paperback - Released: 21/02/2018

Drugs in Sport David R. (Liverpool John Moores University, UK) Mottram Drugs in Sport is the most comprehensive and accurate text on the emotive, complex and critical subject of doping and illegal performance enhancement in sport. Thoroughly updated in light of the latest World Anti-Doping Code and taking into account the... Format: Hardback - Released: 21/02/2018

Doping in Elite Sports Voices of French Sportspeople and Their Doctors, 1950-2010 Christophe Brissonneau, Jeffrey Montez de Oca Drawing on rich empirical material from elite French sport, this book offers a detailed history of how the concept of doping evolved from the twentieth to the twenty-first century. The first study to span the period from 1950 to 2010,... Format: Hardback - Released: 27/12/2017

Doping and Public Health Nader (University College of Gavle, Sweden) Ahmadi 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... Format: Paperback - Released: 12/10/2017

Sport and Alcohol An ethical perspective Carwyn (Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK) Jones Sport and alcohol have become inextricably linked. Alcohol companies provide funding, fans consume alcohol when watching, and players celebrate, bond and relax with alcohol. This critical analysis of the relationship between consumption of alcohol and participation in sport argues that... Format: Paperback - Released: 12/10/2017

Foods, Nutrition and Sports Performance An international Scientific Consensus organized by Mars Incorporated with International Olympic Committee patronage J.R. Devlin This book includes all the papers presented at the meeting, revised to take account of all the points made during discussions, and the Consensus Statement itself. The topics covered include recommendations for optimum carbohydrate, protein, fat, total energy, fluid and... Format: Hardback - Released: 28/07/2017

Routledge Handbook of Drugs and Sport Verner (Aarhus University, Denmark) Moller Doping has become one of the most important and high-profile issues in contemporary sport. Shocking cases such as that of Lance Armstrong and the US Postal cycling team have exposed the complicated relationships between athletes, teams, physicians, sports governing bodies,... Format: Paperback - Released: 22/05/2017

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The Anti-Doping Crisis in Sport Causes, Consequences, Solutions Paul (University of Stirling, UK) Dimeo, Verner (Aarhus University, Denmark) Moller The sense of crisis that pervades global sport suggests that the war on doping is still very far from being won. In this critical and provocative study of anti-doping regimes in global sport, Paul Dimeo and Verner Moller argue that... Format: Hardback - Released: 27/04/2018

The Anti-Doping Crisis in Sport Causes, Consequences, Solutions Paul (University of Stirling, UK) Dimeo, Verner (Aarhus University, Denmark) Moller The sense of crisis that pervades global sport suggests that the war on doping is still very far from being won. In this critical and provocative study of anti-doping regimes in global sport, Paul Dimeo and Verner Moller argue that... Format: Paperback - Released: 27/04/2018

Performance and Image Enhancing Drugs and Substances Issues, Influences and Impacts Aaron (RMIT University, Australia) Smith, Bob (Victoria University, Australia) Stewart, Kate (RMIT University, Austra Westberg In the pursuit of more muscle, enhanced strength, sustained endurance, and idealised physiques, an increasing number of elite athletes, recreational sport enthusiasts, and body conscious gym-users are turning to performance and image-enhancing drugs and substances (PIEDS). In many instances, such... Format: Hardback - Released: 13/06/2018

Performance and Image Enhancing Drugs and Substances Issues, Influences and Impacts Aaron (RMIT University, Australia) Smith, Bob (Victoria University, Australia) Stewart, Kate (RMIT University, Austra Westberg In the pursuit of more muscle, enhanced strength, sustained endurance, and idealised physiques, an increasing number of elite athletes, recreational sport enthusiasts, and body conscious gym-users are turning to performance and image-enhancing drugs and substances (PIEDS). In many instances, such... Format: Paperback - Released: 13/06/2018

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Exercise and Sport Pharmacology Mark D. Mamrack Exercise and Sport Pharmacology is an accessible book that will be useful for teaching upper-level undergraduates or entry-level graduate students about how drugs can affect exercise and as well as how exercise can affect the action of drugs. It leads... Format: Hardback - Released: 16/05/2017

The Psychology of Doping in Sport Vassilis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece) Barkoukis This is the first book to draw together cutting-edge research on the psychological processes underlying doping use in sport and exercise, thereby filling an important gap in our understanding of this centrally important issue in contemporary sport. Covering diverse areas... Format: Paperback - Released: 07/02/2017

Detecting Doping in Sport Stephen (University of Canberra, Australia) Moston, Terry Engelberg The book explores the changing landscape of anti-doping investigations, which now largely centre on the collection of intelligence about doping through processes such as surveillance, interviews with witnesses and interrogation of athletes. It examines why and how investigative processes, hitherto... Format: Hardback - Released: 24/11/2016

Managing Drugs in Sport Jason Mazanov, Norman O'Reilly As ongoing high-profile drug scandals have demonstrated, sports organisations rarely have a coherent strategy to manage the role and relationship their sport has with different types of drugs (from alcohol to supplements to prescription drugs to doping). This important and... Format: Hardback - Released: 29/09/2016

The Ethics of Sports Technologies and Human Enhancement Thomas H. Murray This volume presents articles which focus on the ethical evaluation of performance-enhancing technologies in sport. The collection considers whether drug doping should be banned; the rationale of not banning ethically contested innovations such as hypoxic chambers; and the implications of... Format: Hardback - Released: 20/09/2016

Spitting in the Soup Inside the Dirty Game of Doping in Sports Mark Johnson Doping is as old as organized sports. From baseball to horse racing, cycling to track and field, drugs have been used to enhance performance for 150 years. For much of that time, doping to do better was expected. It was... Format: Hardback - Released: 21/07/2016

Sport and Alcohol An ethical perspective Carwyn (Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK) Jones There is a clear sense in which sport has played, and continues to play an important role in the normalization and legitimization of routine, excessive and problem drinking; sport and alcohol have become inextricably linked. Alcohol companies provide funding in... Format: Hardback - Released: 03/03/2016

Rethinking Drug Use in Sport Why the war will never be won Bob (Victoria University, Australia) Stewart, Aaron (RMIT University, Australia) Smith Drug free sport is an unattainable aspiration. In this critical, paradigm-shifting reappraisal of contemporary drug policy in sport, Bob Stewart and Aaron Smith argue that drug use in sport is an inexorable consequence of the nature, structure and culture of... Format: Paperback - Released: 23/07/2015

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