Steroids
Published on 25. April 2014
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-1-4408-0299-7 (ISBN)
Description
A thorough, balanced examination of the controversies on the therapeutic and non-therapeutic use of steroids that covers both legal medical therapy and illegal performance enhancement.
The discussions regarding the ethical, medical, and social controversies surrounding steroid use are as heated as the drugs themselves are powerful. Steroids comprehensively addresses the separate debates over steroid use in therapeutic medical treatments, sports performance enhancement, and cosmetic lifestyle choices. The contents provide balanced coverage of the complex positive and negative implications involved with using these "ingredients of youth" to evade the common ailments of old age and to overcome some of the limitations of natural biology. This book will be invaluable to students of not only health and exercise sciences, sports and sport-related fields, and medical science, but also those researching social and ethical questions involved with the use of steroids in related fields. For example, the book may be used by sociology students investigating social aspects of sports, health policy, and public role models; psychology students focusing on the role of self-image and mental health; and political science students researching public health policy.
The discussions regarding the ethical, medical, and social controversies surrounding steroid use are as heated as the drugs themselves are powerful. Steroids comprehensively addresses the separate debates over steroid use in therapeutic medical treatments, sports performance enhancement, and cosmetic lifestyle choices. The contents provide balanced coverage of the complex positive and negative implications involved with using these "ingredients of youth" to evade the common ailments of old age and to overcome some of the limitations of natural biology. This book will be invaluable to students of not only health and exercise sciences, sports and sport-related fields, and medical science, but also those researching social and ethical questions involved with the use of steroids in related fields. For example, the book may be used by sociology students investigating social aspects of sports, health policy, and public role models; psychology students focusing on the role of self-image and mental health; and political science students researching public health policy.
Reviews / Votes
Part of Greenwood/ABC-CLIO's series, Health and Medical Issues Today series, Steroids provides a balanced examination of the controversy surrounding their use in sports, sexual health, and aging, through a scientific and ethical lens. . . . What makes this book stand out, however, is its clear explanation of the science behind steroids, including their biochemistry, side effects, differences, and therapeutic and performance-enhancing uses. * ARBA * This modest handbook, part of the Health and Medical Issues Today series, offers an acceptable overview and introduction to steroid use, an effective explanation of the basic biochemistry of steroid hormones, and familiar historical background on therapeutic and performance-enhancing effects. . . . Summing Up: Recommended. . . . General readers and lower-division undergraduates. * Choice *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
College/higher education
Illustrations
10 bw illus
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
552 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4408-0299-7 (9781440802997)
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Person
Aharon W. Zorea, PhD, is associate professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Richland.
Content
Series Foreword
Introduction
Section I: Overview and Historical Background
1 Basics of Biochemistry and Steroids
Steroids and Hormones in Human Physiology
Overview of Steroid Chemistry
Nonhormone Steroids
Hormone Steroids
Conclusion
2 Historical Background of Therapeutic Steroids
Of Magic, Holistic Remedy, and Other Prescientific Approaches to Medicine
Of Science, Technology, and Social Engineering
Steroids, Synthetics, and the Biochemical Revolution
Pills, Drugs, and the Chemical Culture
Conclusion
3 Historical Background of Performance-Enhancing Steroids
The Male Hormone
A Parallel History of Ergogenic Aids in Competitive Sports
Testosterone as a Scientific Edge in Competition
Public Reaction
The Race between Evasion and Detection: Testosterone, Blood Doping, hGH, and Designer Steroids
The Will to Police: WADA Regulations and Legal Prohibitions
Conclusion
Section II: Contemporary Issues and Debates
4 Individual Decision Making for Anabolic and Catabolic Steroids
Why Individual Rights in Medical Decision Making?
Influence of Health Care Insurance
Marketing Pressure from Pharmaceutical Industrial Complex
Others Factors Limiting Individual Decision Making
Conclusion
5 Public Reaction, Regulation, and Control
Limitations to Individual Decision Making
Triggers of Government Involvement
Arguments for and against Legality of Anabolic Steroids for Nontherapeutic Uses
Federal Issues
Conclusion
6 Anti-Doping within Organizations
The Role of Associations in Identifying Cultural Priorities
The Ideology behind Anti-Doping Policies
The Influence of Sports as an Entertainment Industry
WADA and USADA-The Search for Independence
Professional Sports Associations
Collegiate and High School Associations
Other Non-Sports-Related Associations
Conclusion
Section III: Primary Documents
A Scientific Accounts of Anabolic and Catabolic Steroids
Excerpt from C. E. Brown-Sequard, The Elixir of Life
Adolf Windaus, "Constitution of Sterols and Their Connection with Other Substances Occurring in Nature"
Paul de Kruif, The Male Hormone
B Documents Related to Legal Sanctions
Controlled Substances Act
Abuse of Anabolic Steroids and Their Precursors by Adolescent Amateur Athletes
C Anti-Doping Policies from Associations
International Amateur Athletic Federation
Olympic Movement Medical Code
2012-2013 NCAA List of Banned Drugs
University Interscholastic League (UIL) Anti-Doping Contract
University Interscholastic League (UIL) Steroids Testing Site Coordinator Manual
Timeline for Steroid-Related Issues (Anabolic and Catabolic)
Glossary
Further Reading
Index
Introduction
Section I: Overview and Historical Background
1 Basics of Biochemistry and Steroids
Steroids and Hormones in Human Physiology
Overview of Steroid Chemistry
Nonhormone Steroids
Hormone Steroids
Conclusion
2 Historical Background of Therapeutic Steroids
Of Magic, Holistic Remedy, and Other Prescientific Approaches to Medicine
Of Science, Technology, and Social Engineering
Steroids, Synthetics, and the Biochemical Revolution
Pills, Drugs, and the Chemical Culture
Conclusion
3 Historical Background of Performance-Enhancing Steroids
The Male Hormone
A Parallel History of Ergogenic Aids in Competitive Sports
Testosterone as a Scientific Edge in Competition
Public Reaction
The Race between Evasion and Detection: Testosterone, Blood Doping, hGH, and Designer Steroids
The Will to Police: WADA Regulations and Legal Prohibitions
Conclusion
Section II: Contemporary Issues and Debates
4 Individual Decision Making for Anabolic and Catabolic Steroids
Why Individual Rights in Medical Decision Making?
Influence of Health Care Insurance
Marketing Pressure from Pharmaceutical Industrial Complex
Others Factors Limiting Individual Decision Making
Conclusion
5 Public Reaction, Regulation, and Control
Limitations to Individual Decision Making
Triggers of Government Involvement
Arguments for and against Legality of Anabolic Steroids for Nontherapeutic Uses
Federal Issues
Conclusion
6 Anti-Doping within Organizations
The Role of Associations in Identifying Cultural Priorities
The Ideology behind Anti-Doping Policies
The Influence of Sports as an Entertainment Industry
WADA and USADA-The Search for Independence
Professional Sports Associations
Collegiate and High School Associations
Other Non-Sports-Related Associations
Conclusion
Section III: Primary Documents
A Scientific Accounts of Anabolic and Catabolic Steroids
Excerpt from C. E. Brown-Sequard, The Elixir of Life
Adolf Windaus, "Constitution of Sterols and Their Connection with Other Substances Occurring in Nature"
Paul de Kruif, The Male Hormone
B Documents Related to Legal Sanctions
Controlled Substances Act
Abuse of Anabolic Steroids and Their Precursors by Adolescent Amateur Athletes
C Anti-Doping Policies from Associations
International Amateur Athletic Federation
Olympic Movement Medical Code
2012-2013 NCAA List of Banned Drugs
University Interscholastic League (UIL) Anti-Doping Contract
University Interscholastic League (UIL) Steroids Testing Site Coordinator Manual
Timeline for Steroid-Related Issues (Anabolic and Catabolic)
Glossary
Further Reading
Index