Dazed and Confused: Sports Medicine, Conflicts of Interest, and Concussion Management

Journal of Bioethical Inquiry

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 65-74

  Partridge, Brad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian Rules football; Concussion; Conflict of interest; Ethics; Rugby league; Sport; Sports medicine

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; BRAIN CONCUSSION; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPLICATION; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CONVALESCENCE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; FEMALE; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SOCCER; SPORT INJURY; SPORTS MEDICINE; STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; BRAIN CONCUSSION; COMMERCE; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; FOOTBALL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SOCCER; SPORTS MEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896973219     PISSN: 11767529     EISSN: 18724353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11673-013-9491-2     Document Type: Article

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