Tackling Rugby by Allyson M Pollock

Tackling Rugby by Allyson M Pollock

Every week young children are hospitalized on the playing fields of Britain. Yet this data is never collected, nor is there any concerted attempt to work out how to make sport safer. Using meticulous, peer-reviewed research, the book sets out the true risks associated with the sport, raising uncomfortable questions for politicians and the educational authorities. Would parents be so willing to let their children play rugby if they knew that the average risk of serious injury over the course of a season could be at least 17 percent, or nearly one in six?

Horrifying and empowering, this is an instant classic and essential reading for every parentProfessor Pollock is utterly fearless. -- Max Pemberton, author of The Doctor Will See you Now
Allyson Pollock is one of the leading public health scientists of her generation . In this carefully researched book, she confronts us with a hard choice: continue with the unfettered romance of a 'man's' game or adapt it to protect our young. -- Prof. John Ashton, President of the Faculty of Public Health

Allyson Pollock is professor of public health research and policy at Queen Mary, University of London. She set up and directed the Centre for International Public Health Policy at the University of Edinburgh from 2005 to 2011, and prior to that she was Head of the Public Health Policy Unit at UCL and Director of Research & Development at UCL Hospitals NHS Trust. She is the author of NHS plc and co-author of The New NHS: A Guide. She writes regularly in the Guardian as well as many professional publications. Website: http://www.allysonpollock.com/

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ISBN 13	9781781686027
ISBN 10	1781686025
Title	Tackling Rugby
Author	Allyson M Pollock
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Verso Books
Year published	2014-10-07
Number of pages	160
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