Medical Ethics and School Football

Name / volume / issue

57651

Page number

6-10

Primary author

Steven H. Miles & Shailendra Prasad

Abstract

Health professionals should call for ending public school tackle football programs. We disagree with the perspective and the argument of a recent report by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) that supports the current organization of reforms of youth tackle football (Council on Sports Medicine and Fitness 2015). […]

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