Sport, Medicine and Health

Name: Sport, Medicine and Health
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Sport, Medicine and HealthThe medicalization of sport?\nAuthor(s): Dominic Malcolm\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138826458, 978-1138826458\nSynopsis\nThe relationship between sport, medicine and health in our society is becoming increasingly complex. This important and timely study explores this relationship through an analysis of changing political economies, altered perceptions of the body and sciences developing contribution to the human condition. Surveying the various ways in which medicine interacts with the world of sport, it examines the changing practices and purposes of sports medicine today.\n\nDrawing on the latest research in the sociology of sport, this book investigates the scientific discourse underlying the promotion of physical activity to reveal the political context in which medical knowledge and public policies emerge. It considers the incongruities between these policies and their attempt.