• Ethical Issues in Sports Medicine

  • May 16 2024
  • Length: 53 mins
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Ethical Issues in Sports Medicine

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  • On a regular basis in sports medicine, we are faced with ethical dilemmas. Whether or not we should allow kids to play certain sports based on injury risk, performance enhancement and equipment advances, treatment interventions, return to play decisions, and conflicts of interest to name a few. These issues may cause disagreements between the athlete and the physician or even among physicians as to how to best deal with various situations. During my pediatrics residency training, I had the privilege of learning from an ethicist who not only provided me with a process to improve my critical thinking and how to approach things from multiple views, but also was truly influential in shaping me into the physician I am today. Today on the podcast I have a pediatric physician who is considered a true expert on ethics. I hope you finish listening today with a new appreciation for ethics in medicine. Connect with The Host! Subscribe to This Podcast Now! The ultimate success for every podcaster – is FEEDBACK! Be sure to take just a few minutes to tell the hosts of this podcast what YOU think over at Apple Podcasts! It takes only a few minutes but helps the hosts of this program pave the way to future greatness! Not an Apple Podcasts user? No problem! Be sure to check out any of the other many growing podcast directories online to find this and many other podcasts via The Podcaster Matrix! Housekeeping -- Get the whole story about Dr. Mark and his launch into this program, by listing to his "101" episode that'll get you educated, caught up and in tune with the Doctor that's in the podcast house! Listen Now! -- Interested in being a Guest on The Pediatric Sports Medicine Podcast? Connect with Mark today! Links from this Episode: -- Dr. Mark Halstead: On the Web -- On X -- Dr. Norman Fost, MD, MPH https://www.pediatrics.wisc.edu/staff/fost-norman/ -- University of Wisconsin Department of Medical History and Bioethics https://mhb.wisc.edu/ -- Norman Fost Oral History Project https://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/education-and-outreach/luminaries-lecture-series/belmont-report-25th-anniversary-interview-nfost/index.html -- Lerner A, Fost N. Informed Consent for Youth Tackle Football: Implications of the AAP Policy Statement. Pediatrics. 2019 Nov;144(5):e20191985. doi: 10.1542/peds.2019-1985. Epub 2019 Oct 23. PMID: 31645457. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31645457/ -- Icarus Documentary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icarus_(2017_film) Timestamps from this Episode: 03:15 Performance-enhancing drugs are essential for athletes' competitiveness, as trying to gain an advantage is inherent in sports. Athletes have always sought ways to improve their performance, whether through training, nutrition, or other means, within the rules. 09:32 Controversy over carbon fiber running shoes in marathons. 11:52 Olympic double standard: drug use vilified, cheating praised. 13:44 Mark Maguire hit many home runs pre-steroids. He's banned from the Hall of Fame. 19:05 Concern about steroids' impact on kids in sports. 22:38 Testosterone has potential bad side effects, including prostate cancer concerns. Research suggests that athletes using steroids may have higher long-term mortality rates. 26:28 Meeting Alec Lerner, a former Badger football player and med student, sparked a discussion on sports ethics. It led to an article that addressed the ethical issues surrounding the risks of football, particularly related to concussion and long-term brain damage. The discussion was prompted by the AAP paper in 2015, highlighting the high injury and concussion rates in football and the long-term effects on the brain. The article emphasized the need for informed consent from both young athletes and their parents regarding the risks involved in playing football. 29:32 Concerns about kids in sports, consent trivialized.
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