When is disqualification from sports justified? Medical judgment vs patients' rights

Physician and Sportsmedicine

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 75-78

  Mitten, Matthew J ^a  

^a South Texas College of Law   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; DISABILITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT RIGHT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPORT;

EID: 0029763171     PISSN: 00913847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00913847.1996.11440119     Document Type: Review

References (14)

1. Mitten MJ: Team physicians and competitive athletes: allocating legal responsibility for athletic injuries. U Pitt Legal Rev 1993;55(1):129-169
2. 42 USCA §§ 12101-12213 (West 1995)
3. 29 USCA §§ 701-796i (West 1985 & 1995 Supp)
4. Southeastern Community College v Davis, 442 US 391 (1979)
5. Kampmeier v Nyquist, 553 F2d 296 (2d Cir 1977)
6. School Board of Nassau County, Florida v Arline, 480 US 273 (1987)
7. Mitten MJ: Amateur athletes with handicaps or physical abnormalities: who makes the participation decision? U Neb Legal Rev 1992;71(4):987-1032, 1012-1014
8. Larkin v Archdiocese of Cincinnati, No. C-1-90-619 (SD Ohio, August 31, 1990) (oral findings of fact and conclusions of law supporting denial of injunctive relief and dismissal of complaint) (Partial transcript of proceedings) discussed in Mitten MJ: Amateur athletes with handicaps and physical abnormalities: who makes the participation decision? U Neb Legal Rev 1992;71(4):987-1032, 1012-1014
9. Grube v Bethlehem Area School District, 550 F Supp 418 (ED Pa 1982)
10. Wright v Columbia University, 520 F2d 789 (ED Pa 1981)
11. Poole v South Plainfield Board of Education, 490 F2d 948 (D NJ 1980)
12. 897 F Supp 1387 (D Kan 1995)
13. Case No. 95C6454 (ND Ill, September 9, 1996)
14. 26th Bethesda Conference: Recommendations for determining eligibility for competition in athletes with cardiovascular abnormalities. J Am Coll Cardiol 1994;24(4):845-899