TACKLE FOOTBALL AND TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES

A timely look at the ethical legal and policy issues surrounding brain injury and collision sports American tackle football is an industry like any other And like many industries it sells a product that is dangerous to those who use it or in this case those who play it In Tackle Football and Traumatic Brain Injuries Daniel S Goldberg explores the connections among traumatic brain injury collision sports and the industry s continuing efforts to manufacture doubt Focusing especially on youths and adolescents the most vulnerable population that comprises over 99 of tackle football players in the US Goldberg addresses the ethical and social implications of their participation in tackle football Goldberg discusses the true scope of the danger and the costs to society and individuals of caring for injured participants If these risks were to become widespread public knowledge the profitability and perhaps even the viability of American football would be at risk As the tackle football industry has consistently worked to mask the health hazards involved in playing football it has used a particular tool that has proved highly effective in achieving this subterfuge the manufacture of doubt Goldberg advocates for using public health laws as a tool for counter

A timely look at the ethical legal and policy issues surrounding brain injury and collision sports American tackle football is an industry like any other And like many industries it sells a product that is dangerous to those who use it or in this case those who play it In Tackle Football and Traumatic Brain Injuries Daniel S Goldberg explores the connections among traumatic brain injury collision sports and the industry s continuing efforts to manufacture doubt Focusing especially on youths and adolescents the most vulnerable population that comprises over 99 of tackle football players in the US Goldberg addresses the ethical and social implications of their participation in tackle football Goldberg discusses the true scope of the danger and the costs to society and individuals of caring for injured participants If these risks were to become widespread public knowledge the profitability and perhaps even the viability of American football would be at risk As the tackle football industry has consistently worked to mask the health hazards involved in playing football it has used a particular tool that has proved highly effective in achieving this subterfuge the manufacture of doubt Goldberg advocates for using public health laws as a tool for counter