Wisconsin Pediatrician-Ethicist Says Don't Ban Steroids. Don Walker.
by Walker, Don; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 45Institutions. Publisher: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2004ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): Athletes -- Drug use | Doping in sports | Medical ethics | Physicians -- Attitudes | SteroidsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Norman Fost, a Madison, Wis., pediatrician and a medical ethicist, has a problem with performance-enhancing drugs and sports. Specifically, he doesn't understand why the sports world has a problem with athletes who use drugs and why regulatory bodies go to such great lengths to ban performance-enhancing drugs in competition." (MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL) This article outlines Norman Fost's controversial belief that it doesn't make sense to ban athletes from using performance-enhancing drugs while other unnatural methods such as high-altitude training, carbo-loading, nutritional supplements and high-tech equipment are permitted.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Wisconsin Pediatrician-Ethicist Says Don't Ban Steroids, Jan. 25, 2004; pp. n.p..
"Norman Fost, a Madison, Wis., pediatrician and a medical ethicist, has a problem with performance-enhancing drugs and sports. Specifically, he doesn't understand why the sports world has a problem with athletes who use drugs and why regulatory bodies go to such great lengths to ban performance-enhancing drugs in competition." (MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL) This article outlines Norman Fost's controversial belief that it doesn't make sense to ban athletes from using performance-enhancing drugs while other unnatural methods such as high-altitude training, carbo-loading, nutritional supplements and high-tech equipment are permitted.
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