Ethics in sports medicine.

The four stages of youth sports TBI Policymaking: engagement, enactment, research, and reform.

Sports medicine: some ethical issues.

The ethical aspects of sports medicine have hitherto received little scrutiny, in contrast to its legal implications, which have recently been subject to much greater discussion. However, the differences that are apparent between sports medicine and 'mainstream' areas of clinical practice can shed new light on a number of the central issues within health-care ethics. By means of hypothetical ca...

Youth sports & public health: framing risks of mild traumatic brain injury in american football and ice hockey.

The framing of the risks of experiencing mild traumatic brain injury in American football and ice hockey has an enormous impact in defining the scope of the problem and the remedies that are prioritized. According to the prevailing risk frame, an acceptable level of safety can be maintained in these contact sports through the application of technology, rule changes, and laws. An alternative fra...

An Islamic Ethical Approach to Promotion Model of Sports Ethics

Ethical contradictions in the field of sports and development of the ethical virtues in sports environments have attracted little attention of scholars which can be called a problem. Based on the fact that religion has a position in promotion of ethics and even it has significant effects in sports positions and successes, institutionalizing the ethical criteria taken from religious teachings ca...

Ethical practice and sports physician protection: a proposal.

PREAMBLE It is in the nature of medical practice that it is always likely to yield ethical problems because of the role that health, illness and injury play in the lives of patients. Sports physicians can fi nd themselves in particularly diffi cult (though not unique) contexts because of the role of the body in athletic performance, especially at elite and professional levels. Contrary to recen...

BACKGROUND PAPER Sports science and medicine: ethics