The Florence H. Erickson Inaugural Lectureship. Reflections on children's play.

Full Abstract

This keynote address discusses sociopolitical policy related to the health care of children in the United States. It summarizes several seminal studies on the play of children. The role of the nurse is emphasized to reduce threats to children through therapeutic play.

Author information

Author/s: Riddle, I I (II);

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Review

Journal: Maternal-child nursing journal (Matern Child Nurs J), published in UNITED STATES. (Language: eng)

Reference: 1990-; vol 19 (issue 4) : pp 271-9

Dates: Created 1992/10/07; Completed 1992/10/07; Revised 2004/11/17;

PMID: 2136579, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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