Chapter
Protecting child athletes
Abstract
Abstract Members of the athlete medical/sport science support team must be confident that athletes are benefitting from treatment, and that they are not victims of medical mismanagement. Athletes must not be treated differently to any other patient in society. This chapter discusses why protection of the child athlete is necessary, and how child athletes can be subjected to psychological abuse, which may form the gateway to other types of …
Authors
Mountjoy M; Kirby S; Tiivas A
Book title
Oxford Textbook of Children's Sport and Exercise Medicine
Pagination
pp. 659-670
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
April 2017
DOI
10.1093/med/9780198757672.003.0050