Truth Doesn't Have a Side : : my Alarming Discovery About the Danger of Contact Sports
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Call Number: 921 Omalu, Bennet, Adult Book / Nonfiction / Sports & Recreation / Sports / Football
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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.
Offers an account of the author's life, describing his childhood in war-torn Nigeria and the forensic pathology studies that led to his much-criticized findings about the role of concussion in brain disease.
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PUBLISHED
Grand Rapids, Michigan : Zondervan, 2017.
Year Published: 2017
Description: 303 pages ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780310351962
0310351960
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Tabb, Mark A,
SUBJECTS
Omalu, Bennet I.
Neuropathologists -- Biography.
Brain -- Concussion.
Brain -- Degeneration.
Sports injuries.
Brain -- Concussion.
Brain -- Degeneration.
Autobiographies.