Health care professionals, including team physicians, physical therapists, and athletic trainers, often face the dual challenge of returning an athlete to competition as quickly as possible, but with utmost safety. This balance frequently creates ethical conflicts, especially when the physician’s duty to the athlete clashes with the interests of the team or management. This article summarizes the key ethical issues in sports medicine, based on insights from the original paper by Greenfield and West (2012), "Ethical Issues in Sports Medicine – A Review and Justification for Ethical Decision Making and Reasoning," published in Sports Health.
Ethical Dilemmas in Sports Medicine Sports medicine often involves multiple stakeholders, including athletes, physicians, coaches, and team management, each with different goals and expectations. Financial pressures : Team management invests heavily…
