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Truth doesn't have a side : my alarming discovery about the danger of contact sports
Item details
- ISBN: 9780310351962
- ISBN: 0310351960
- ISBN: 9780310352549
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Physical Description:
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303 pages ; 24 cm - Publisher: Grand Rapids, Michigan : Zondervan, [2017]
- Copyright: ©2017
Contents / Notes
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-294) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Preface: God did not intend for human beings to play football -- My father's son -- Child of war -- To be myself -- Answered prayer -- "Heaven is here, and America is here" -- Welcome to America -- Through the wilderness -- Land of contradictions -- A bold gamble -- Finding myself -- A divine appointment -- Prema -- A game-changing diagnosis -- Nearly over before it begins -- The NFL = Big Tobacco -- "In the name of Christ, stop!" -- The baton is passed -- Marginalized, minimalized, ostracized -- I wish I'd never met Mike Webster -- Finding life in the wilderness -- Omalu goes Hollywood -- Concussion -- From doctor to dad: what will I say when my son asks, "Can I play football, pleeeaaaassse?" -- Afterword: "I bet my medical license that O.J. Simpson has CTE" -- Appendix: Questions from parents about brain trauma and contact sports, especially football. |
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| Subject: | Omalu, Bennet I. (Bennet Ifeakandu) Neuropathologists Biography Brain Concussion Brain Degeneration Sports injuries Brain Concussion Brain Degeneration Omalu, Bennet I (Bennet Ifeakandu) |
| Genre: | Autobiographies. |
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