Drug abuse in sport books

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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

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: 31/01/2017

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

The Straight Dope The Inside Story of Sport's Biggest Drug Scandal Chip Le Grand Format: Paperback - Released: 02/05/2016

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Sport and Alcohol An ethical perspective Carwyn Rh. (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: 22/07/2015

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: Hardback - Released: 09/07/2015

German Sports, Doping, and Politics A History of Performance Enhancement Michael Kruger, Stefan Nielsen, Christian Becker This book examines doping in Germany, with primary attention given to West Germany, from 1950 to the present, including what societal, cultural, and institutional pressures arose after WWII to bring about such prevalence of doping in the country. Format: Hardback - Released: 09/04/2015

A Global History of Doping in Sport Drugs, Policy, and Politics John (California State University, USA) Gleaves From turn-of-the-century horseracing to the monolithic anti-doping attitudes now supported by sporting organizations, the development of anti-doping ideology has spread throughout modern sport. Yet heretofore few historians have explored the many ways that international sport has responded to doping. This... Format: Hardback - Released: 10/12/2014

Drugs in Sport David R. Mottram Drug use and abuse is perhaps the biggest challenge facing sport today. However, in the eye of the storm of public and press opinion and with medals and morals at stake, it can be difficult to gain a clear perspective... Format: Hardback - Released: 21/11/2014

Drugs in Sport David R. Mottram Drug use and abuse is perhaps the biggest challenge facing sport today. However, in the eye of the storm of public and press opinion and with medals and morals at stake, it can be difficult to gain a clear perspective... Format: Paperback - Released: 11/11/2014

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