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What is Pure Play

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Handbook of Research on Play Specialism Strategies to Prevent Pediatric Hospitalization Trauma
Play which is intrinsically motivated, self-initiated, and developed by the player (child), with an unspecified outcome.
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Defining Play in the Healthcare Setting: A UK Perspective
Julia M. Whitaker (Healthcare Play Specialist Education Trust, UK)
Copyright: © 2023 |Pages: 21
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-5068-0.ch001
Abstract
Over the course of the past 60 years, the endorsement of therapeutic play and play-based services have transformed the healthcare experience of children, young people, and their families around the globe. Play and recreational activity are now recognized as essential to the provision of ‘the highest attainable standard of health', advocated in Articles 24 and 31 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. This chapter examines the scope of therapeutic play provision in pediatric healthcare settings in the UK, using Moyles' tripartite pedagogy of play to differentiate the form and function of play in the context of modern healthcare delivery, while highlighting some of the challenges to defining play in the healthcare setting. The chapter endorses the principles of evidence-informed practice by drawing on a range of sources to demonstrate the evolving role of therapeutic play in the healthcare context.
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