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Evaluate medical decision‐making processes to reduce risks, legal liability
Author(s) -
O'Brien Timothy
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
college athletics and the law
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1943-7579
pISSN - 1552-8774
DOI - 10.1002/catl.30650
Subject(s) - competition (biology) , liability , psychology , medical education , public relations , applied psychology , business , medicine , political science , finance , ecology , biology
As long as there has been intercollegiate competition, there likely has been a perceived tension between coaches and the medical and athletic training staff regarding when a student‐athlete should be held out and when the student‐athlete is healthy enough to return to competition. The goals of coaches (success in competitions) and the goals of medical staff (medical treatment) invariably conflict with each other from time to time, revolving around the desire and medical ability to get the student‐athlete back into a competition.