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1. Pain and Injury in Sport

   Social and Ethical Analysis

   Edited by Sigmund Loland, Berit Skirstad, Ivan Waddington

   Series: Ethics and Sport

   For elite athletes, pain and injury are normal. In a challenge to the orthodox medical model, this book makes it clear that pain and injury cannot be understood in terms of physiology alone, and examines the influence of social and cultural processes on how athletes experience pain and injury. It...

   Published December 15th 2005 by Routledge
2. Fair Play in Sport

   A Moral Norm System

   Edited by Sigmund Loland

   Series: Ethics and Sport

   Fair Play in Sport presents a critical re-working of the classic ideal of fair play and explores its practical consequences for competitive sport. By linking general moral principles and practical cases, the book develops a contemporary theory of fair play.The book examines many of the key issues...

   Published October 24th 2001 by Routledge