SPORTS MEDICINE AND ETHICS
Metin ERGÜN
Ege Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Spor Hekimliği Anabilim Dalı, Bornova, İzmir
Keywords: Sports medicine, team physician, ethics
Abstract
Sports medicine is an integral part of athletic culture, and team physicians often serve in a variety of roles in this area. Because of the existence of different relationships between the patient and the sports physician compared to traditional clinical practice, unique ethical dilemmas are faced in sports medicine. In this review, the code of sports medicine ethics is given, and issues differing from customary ethical norms are tried to be addressed in detail.
