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Medicine, Sport and the Body: A Historical Perspective

Carter, Neil (Bloomsbury Academic, 2012)

What role does sports medicine play in today's society? Is it solely about treating sports injuries? Should it only be concerned with elite sport? This book provides a history of the relationship between sport, medicine ...

Learning disability, sport and legacy. Executive Summary.

Barton, Susan; Carter, Neil; Holt, Richard; Williams, John (De Montfort University, 2011-06)

This report examines the holding of the Special Olympics Great Britain (SOGB) National Summer Games – for people with learning disabilities – in Leicester in July 2009. For the first time, the views of the organisers, the ...

This Sporting Life

Carter, Neil (Bloomsbury Academic, 2012)

Repairing the Athletic Body: Treatments, Practices and Ethics

Carter, Neil (Bloomsbury Academic, 2012)

Science and the Making of the Athletic Body

Carter, Neil (Bloomsbury Academic, 2012)

Boxing

Carter, Neil (Bloomsbury Academic, 2012)

Medicine, Sport and the Female Body

Carter, Neil (Bloomsbury Academic, 2012)

Coaching Cultures

Carter, Neil (Routledge, 2010)

Coaches are amongst the most visible figures in sport today but little is known about the history of their profession. This book examines the history of coaching from the early nineteenth to the late twentieth century. ...

'A genuinely emotional week': learning disability, sport and television – notes on the Special Olympics GB National Summer Games 2009

Carter, Neil; Williams, John (Sage, 2012-03)

In July 2009, the Special Olympics Great Britain National Summer Games for athletes with learning disabilities were held in Leicester. Uniquely the Games achieved considerable television news coverage. This article offers ...