Steroids: History, Science, and Issues

by Joan E. Standora, Alex Bogomolnik, Malgorzata Slugocki

Overview

Providing a significant source of information for upper high school and community college students concerning steroids and their derivatives, this book provides a holistic overview of this controversial class of drugs.

The risks of recreational steroid use are often ignored or misunderstood by those who try them. At the same time, the therapeutic use of steroids can be dangerous when they're used incorrectly. Part of the Story of a Drug series, this timely book is specifically tailored to address the questions and concerns of young people, providing readers with an accessible source of information for understanding steroidal drugs.

Chapters cover the history of steroids, including the development of synthetic steroids, steroid biochemistry, and the drugs' therapeutic functions, notably the importance of natural steroids in maintaining human life. The book discusses the current state of recreational use among athletes and students and of the dangers of misuse and overdose, and covers legal and governmental regulations relative to both therapeutic and recreational use of the drugs. The reader will come away from this volume with a comprehensive understanding of the pros and cons of steroid use based on current research, and grasp the possible risks—medical and legal—related to misuse of these powerful drugs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781610697231
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	03/20/2017
Series:	The Story of a Drug
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

Joan E. Standora, PhD, LADC, CASAC, CADC, maintains a private practice in Pennsylvania and is an associate professor at Kingsborough Community College, City University of New York, where she directs the Chemical Dependency Counseling Program.

Alex Bogomolnik, LMSW, CASAC, is adjunct professor at Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn, NY, as well as a chemical dependency counselor in Staten Island University Hospital and a social worker in New York Guardianship Services.

Malgorzata Slugocki is clinical assistant professor of pharmacy practice at Fairleigh Dickinson University School of Pharmacy in Florham Park, NJ.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vii

Editorial: the art of assessment - focusing research assessment from different perspectives Halina Dunin-Woyseth Nel Janssens Fredrik Nilsson ix

List of contributors xxi

Section 1 Framing 'doctorateness' 1

1 Doctorateness: where should we look for evidence? Michael Biggs 3

2 Emerging epistemic communities and cultures of evidence: on the practice of assessment of research in the creative fields Halina Dunin-Woyseth Fredrik Nilsson 15

3 Setting the scene: the development of formal frameworks for doctorates in Europe Anne Solberg 33

Section 2 Various experiences, cases and concerns 49

4 Criteria for 'doctorateness' in the creative fields: a focus on architecture Oya Atalay Franck 51

5 Preserving openness in design research in architecture Murray Fraser 69

6 Design practice research in architecture and design at RMIT University: discovery, reflection and assessment Colin Fudge Adriana Partal 85

7 Doctoral scholarship in popular music performance Tor Dybo 101

8 Exploring, enhancing and evaluating musical 'doctorateness': perspectives on performance and composition Karen Burland Michael Spencer Luke Windsor 114

9 Constructing publics as a key to doctoral research: a discussion of two PhD projects engaging in societal issues with artistic and design-based methods Liesbeth Huybrechts Marijn Van De Weijer 129

Section 3 Doctorateness to come? 145

10 Non-observational research: a possible future route for knowledge acquisition in architecture and the arts Nfi Janssens Gerard De Zeeuw 147

11 When will it thunder? Rolf Hughes 159

12 Precision: the compositional accuracy of artistic judgement Catharina Dyrssen 175

Index 190