The Athlete'S Dilemma: Sacrificing Health For Wealth And Fame

This book examines the health-related controversies and scandals that plague America's top spectator sports. It covers such issues as the use of performance-enhancing substances, playing through pain, the abuse of pain medicine, playing with concussions, and why athletes take these unhealthy risks in the pursuit of profit and fame.

• | Author: John Weston Parry
• | Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• | Publication Date: Jun 16, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 364 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Sports & Recreation
• | ISBN-10: 1442275405
• | ISBN-13: 9781442275409