Shall we give an Olympic medal to the doctor whose drugs are most effective among the games? Performance enhancing drugs are the substances that can help athletes improve the physical condition, skills, or even the result of the game. The use of these drugs in sport is widely known as ‘doping’. As doping helps athletes to perform, the issue of drugs in sporting competition should be allowed or not, has long been debated. However, some potential problems will be occurred when lifting ban on doping, leading to drugs abuse and the risks of athletes` health, and also affect some unethical medical behaviors. Hence, the performance enhancing drugs should be prohibited to use in sport.
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To begin with, the role of doctor in the relationship with sportsman will be complicated. The duty of a medical practitioner is “Sports doctors in particular must put the athletes` health of their patients above everything. They should not put the athletes` health in danger because of their wish for success or money.” (Craciun, Siserman, Petrehus, Grosu, & Dobosi, 2011). However, they also should show their respect to the principles of autonomy because the sportspeople are allowed to use drugs and have their rights to choose risky ways for win as well. Furthermore, the physician`s judgment could be based on the conflict of interest. Apparently, doctors as drug providers in a team will be given the power to determine whether or not accept doping if the performance enhancing drugs are permitted to use. For the purpose of gaining benefits, the team physicians possibly encourage the use of drugs to accomplish team success at a short-term, even though they acknowledge the risks. From the Lance Armstrong`s case, Michele Ferrari, who helped Armstrong win the championships of the Tour de France seven times, provided a risky doping plan to Armstrong and other team members in order to boost team success and then he gained financial benefits from this (United States Anti-Doping Agency, 2012). As a consequence, he was punished by the unethical behaviors. Finally, the prescription of physicians is associated with athletes` decisions. It would appear that the increase of doping could lead to drugs developments, meanwhile doctors will try to product new drugs that are more effective in competition. The issue is that when doctor prescribe new products they might concentrate on the benefits in performance, which is to cover up the adverse effects. Overall, changing the rule of doping may cause these unethical behaviors, which is
Firstly, taking the performance enhancing drugs may endanger the …show more content…
To begin with, the role of doctor in the relationship with sportsman will be complicated. The duty of a medical practitioner is “Sports doctors in particular must put the athletes` health of their patients above everything. They should not put the athletes` health in danger because of their wish for success or money.” (Craciun, Siserman, Petrehus, Grosu, & Dobosi, 2011). However, they also should show their respect to the principles of autonomy because the sportspeople are allowed to use drugs and have their rights to choose risky ways for win as well. Furthermore, the physician`s judgment could be based on the conflict of interest. Apparently, doctors as drug providers in a team will be given the power to determine whether or not accept doping if the performance enhancing drugs are permitted to use. For the purpose of gaining benefits, the team physicians possibly encourage the use of drugs to accomplish team success at a short-term, even though they acknowledge the risks. From the Lance Armstrong`s case, Michele Ferrari, who helped Armstrong win the championships of the Tour de France seven times, provided a risky doping plan to Armstrong and other team members in order to boost team success and then he gained financial benefits from this (United States Anti-Doping Agency, 2012). As a consequence, he was punished by the unethical behaviors. Finally, the prescription of physicians is associated with athletes` decisions. It would appear that the increase of doping could lead to drugs developments, meanwhile doctors will try to product new drugs that are more effective in competition. The issue is that when doctor prescribe new products they might concentrate on the benefits in performance, which is to cover up the adverse effects. Overall, changing the rule of doping may cause these unethical behaviors, which is