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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785937103321

Titolo

The social organization of sports medicine : critical socio-cultural perspectives / / edited by Dominic Malcolm and Parissa Safai

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-136-28677-2

1-283-71142-7

0-203-11340-3

1-136-28678-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (349 p.)

Collana

Routledge research in sport, culture and society ; ; 14

Altri autori (Persone)

MalcolmDominic <1969->

SafaiParissa

Disciplina

617.1/027

Soggetti

Sports medicine

Sports - Sociological aspects

Sports - Anthropological aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Sports medicine conceived -- pt. II. Sports medicine organized -- pt. III. Sports medicine practices -- pt. IV. Sports and medicine contested.

Sommario/riassunto

The Social Organization of Sports Medicine is the first book-length overview of the social scientific study of sports medicine, drawing together work from an international cadre of scholars who examine and provide interdisciplinary analysis of the dynamic and multi-faceted relationships between sports and medicine and within sports medicine. The book charts changing perceptions of sport within medical discourse, attempts by sports medicine providers to forge professional identities in response to these processes, the day-to-day experiences of deliverers of sports medicine and the r