title: From questions to answers: approaches to studying play in health care settings.
abstract: Although play has long been considered an important factor in humanizing health care environments for children, research investigating the role of play in pediatric settings has been limited, a condition that may be attributed to practitioners' unfamiliarity with techniques for studying play. Methods of conducting play research to provide systematic descriptions of play activities and to examine relationships between play and other factors are discussed.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002654:Child Care; D002673:Child, Hospitalized / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D010989:Play Therapy; D012107:Research Design