Anti-doping

The book explores a range of philosophical and practical issues related to contemporary anti-doping policy including: the proportionality of the response to the problem of doping; the ethical dilemmas facing medical staff; the extent of intrusion into the private lives of athletes; the problem of measuring the extent of doping; and the significance of European Union decisions for anti-doping policy.
This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics.

Barrie Houlihan is Professor of Sport Policy at Loughborough University, Visiting Professor at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences and editor of the International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics. Mike McNamee is Professor of Applied Ethics at Swansea University and is editor of the journal Sport, Ethics and Philosophy.

Editorial 1. Elite sportspersons and commodity control: anti-doping as quality assurance 2. Doping, European law and the implications of Meca-Medina 3. One step too far - about WADA's whereabouts rule 4. On the duty of the doctor not to disclose athlete doping data without consent 5. A qualitative analysis of the experiences of elite athletes who have admitted to doping for performance enhancement 6. The 36th meeting of the Pay and Conditions Committee of the Union of Philosophers, Sages and Other Luminaries (UK University Branch) OR Doping and proportionality 7. Impact of multidisciplinary research on advancing anti-doping efforts 8. The role of UK Anti-Doping in the fight against doping in sport 9. The role of anti-doping education in delivering WADA's mission 10. Good governance and anti-doping policy: an international federation view