Sport, Medicine and Health: The medicalization of sport?

by Dominic Malcolm

This book explores the complex and contradictory relationships between sport, medicine and health through a historically grounded analysis, informed by macro-social trends such as changing political economies and altered perceptions of the body.

Drawing upon literature in the sociology of sport, medicine and health, the book explores the underlying scientific discourse of physical activity health promotion to expose the broader political...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138826456
• ISBN13: 9781138826458
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"