Citation

Bachynski KE, Goldberg DS. J. Law Med. Ethics 2014; 42(3): 323-333.

Affiliation

A Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Sociomedical Sciences at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in New York, NY.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/jlme.12149

PMID

25264090

Abstract

The framing of the risks of experiencing mild traumatic brain injury in American football and ice hockey has an enormous impact in defining the scope of the problem and the remedies that are prioritized. According to the prevailing risk frame, an acceptable level of safety can be maintained in these contact sports through the application of technology, rule changes, and laws. An alternative frame acknowledging that these sports carry significant risks would produce very different ethical, political, and social debates.

Language: en