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How to Work with Agents: Medical and Ethical Aspects—Today’s Practice, Questions, Reality and Solutions

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The transfer of players has caused more and more discussions and even controversies both between clubs and between clubs and players. The sports agent in the football world is the go-between, the “fixer” or the mediator between clubs and players. The injured player becomes more and more a liability to the club, so the agent must take into account that club physicians are an important part of the football business. Diagnosis, treatment and follow-up are important subjects of conversation and discussion with the medical staff.

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  1. Sportsmed Orthopaedic Centre, Parc Leopold, Rue Froissart 38, 1040, Brussels, Belgium

    José F. Huylebroek M.D.

  2. Paediatrics ZOL, Genk, Belgium

    Francis Lemmens M.D.

  3. Urgentist AZ Glorieux, Ronse, Belgium

    Kristof Sas M.D.

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  1. José F. Huylebroek M.D.
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Correspondence to José F. Huylebroek M.D. .

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  1. UPMC Rooney Sports Complex, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

    Volker Musahl

  2. Department of Orthopaedics, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

    Jón Karlsson

  3. Department of Trauma Surgery, University Medical Centre Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

    Werner Krutsch

  4. Santa Monica, California, USA

    Bert R. Mandelbaum

  5. Clínica do Dragão, Espregueira-Mendes Sports Centre, Porto, Portugal

    João Espregueira-Mendes

  6. Orthopaedic Surgery, Aspetar Hospital, Doha, Qatar

    Pieter d'Hooghe

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Huylebroek, J.F., Lemmens, F., Sas, K. (2018). How to Work with Agents: Medical and Ethical Aspects—Today’s Practice, Questions, Reality and Solutions. In: Musahl, V., Karlsson, J., Krutsch, W., Mandelbaum, B., Espregueira-Mendes, J., d'Hooghe, P. (eds) Return to Play in Football. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-55713-6_63

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