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Truth doesn't have a side : my alarming discovery about the danger of contact sports

Title
  1. Truth doesn't have a side : my alarming discovery about the danger of contact sports / Dr. Bennet Omalu with Mark Tabb.
Published by
  1. Grand Rapids, Michigan : Zondervan, [2017]
  2. ©2017
Author
  1. Omalu, Bennet I. (Bennet Ifeakandu)

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Additional authors
  1. Tabb, Mark A.
Description
  1. 303 pages; 24 cm
Summary
  1. 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.
Alternative title
  1. Truth does not have a side
Subject
  1. Omalu, Bennet I
  2. Neuropathologists > Biography
  3. Physicians > Biography
  4. Brain > Concussion
  5. Brain > Degeneration
  6. Sports injuries
  7. Sports > Safety measures
Genre/Form
  1. Autobiographies.
Contents
  1. 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.
Call number
  1. Sc E 18-342
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-294) and index.
Author
  1. Omalu, Bennet I. (Bennet Ifeakandu), author.
Title
  1. Truth doesn't have a side : my alarming discovery about the danger of contact sports / Dr. Bennet Omalu with Mark Tabb.
Publisher
  1. Grand Rapids, Michigan : Zondervan, [2017]
Copyright date
  1. ©2017
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-294) and index.
Local note
  1. Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
Local subject
  1. Black author.
Added author
  1. Tabb, Mark A., author.
ISBN
  1. 9780310351962 (hardcover)
  2. 0310351960 (hardcover)
  3. 9780310352549 (ebook)
Research call number
  1. Sc E 18-342
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