Tag: Anders Schmidt Vinther

Performance Enhancement & Health (PEH) is an international, peer-reviewed journal that critically explores the health implications of pharmacological, genetic, psychological and other technological enhancements of the human being. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Anti-doping knowledge and educational needs of Finnish pharmacists by Mikko Lemettilä, Elli Leppä, Marika Pohjanoksa-Mäntylä, Anna Simula, Jukka Koskelo.

Fitness Doping: Trajectories, Gender, Bodies and Health by Jesper Andreasson & Thomas Johansson (Palgrave Macmillan) compiles several years of multi-faceted qualitative research on fitness doping to provide a fresh insight into how this phenomenon intersects with issues of gender, body and health. Our reviewer is Anders Schmidt Vinther, PhD student at Aarhus University and well versed in doping research. While he acknowleges original contributions to the field in the book, he also has several points of criticism.