Performance Enhancing Drugs | Performance-Enhancing Drugs Compromise Medical Ethics

Philippe Liotard is a professor at the Sports Faculty of the University of Monpellier, France, and the cofounder of Quasimodo magazine.

Source: Medical ethics are being challenged by the demand for treatments intended to enhance a person’s physical appearance and social performance, such as anti-aging treatments and cosmetic surgery, which are not directly related to the goal of good health. Doctors involved in sport medicine now find themselves at the center of this ethical dilemma. They face enormous pressure to go beyond merely treating an...

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