Performance Enhancing Drugs
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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Table of Contents
- Performance-Enhancing Drugs: An Overview
- Athletes Will Never Stop Using Performance- Enhancing Drugs
- Athletes Must Stop Using Performance- Enhancing Drugs
- Performance-Enhancing Drugs Tarnish Athletics
- The Ban on Performance-Enhancing Drugs Should Continue
- Teen Steroid Abuse Is a Growing Problem
- Performance-Enhancing Drugs Compromise Medical Ethics
- Performance-Enhancing Drugs Should Be Regulated, Not Prohibited
- Ban Athletes Who Don’t Use Steroids
- Coming Soon: Open Olympics!
- The Health Risks of Steroid Use Have Been Exaggerated
- One Strike, You’re Out
- Performance-Enhancing Drug Testing Is Ineffective
- Performance-Enhancing Dietary Supplements Are Dangerous
- Performance-Enhancing Dietary Supplements Are Safe
- Genetic Engineering May One Day Replace Performance- Enhancing Drugs
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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