Sports and Bioethics

Harvard HMS

This course introduces students to key public health and bioethics debates in the world of sports. First, we examine the ethics of using (and administering) performance-enhancing drugs, conflicts of interest that arise with team physicians, and the ways that coercion, consent, and paternalism are conceptualized in the treatment of sport injury and the practice of sport medicine. Second, students are introduced to various moral considerations involving sports and mental health. This…