Tag: Jim McVeigh

Doping, as both practice and phenomenon, has largely been approached as a question of socio-cultural context and structures. April Henning’s and Jesper Andreasson’s edited volume Doping in Sport and Fitness (Emerald) argues that rigid differentiations between doping contexts – such as sport/fitness or elite/recreational – are less clear than it might seem. Andrew Bloodworth found the book an informative and interesting read, and he highly recommends it to those with an interest in this wide and complex field.

Drugs in Sport, now in its 8th edition and still with David Mottram at the helm, with Neil Chester as co-editor, is a comprehensive and accurate text on the emotive, complex and critical subject of performance enhancement and doping within sport. Ask Vest Christiansen reviewed the 5th edition for us in 2011, and he takes great pleasure in reading a thoroughly update version of this classic handbook, his own preferred reference work on the subject of doping in sports.

Performance enhancement may be linked to productivity, identity, social capital or pleasure, while health is envisaged broadly as absence of disease, optimal functioning, and well-being. 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.