Play in Hospitals Real Life Perspectives

0.Introduction.  Part I: Theoretical underpinning.  1.The Development of the Role of Hospital Playworker.  2.Still a Deprived Environment for Children? Revisiting the Case for Hospital Play.  3.It Pays to Play! How I discovered cost effective play and the start of the MRI Awake List Project.  4.Support for Siblings during the Medical Journey.  5.The Elephant in the Room- Mental Health Illness in children and young people; can health play specialists make a difference?  6.The Hospital Playroom: A key part of children and young people's care and recovery.  Part II: Personal Reflections on the Role of the Hospital Play Specialist.  7.My Journey.  8.The 'Magic of Play'- Exploring the importance of play and distraction during medical procedures.  9.A Day in the Life of a HPS.  10.Teenagers in hospital- are they the forgotten age?  11.Specialised Play in the Hospital Setting.  12.The Angry Health Play Specialist.  Part III: Specific Case Studies.  13.Support for children and young people undergoing radiotherapy treatment.  14.Working with children and young people with autism in the Health Care Setting.  15.Virtual Reality: The new distraction therapy?  16.The role of the health play specialist in the care of children and young people with cancer.  17.Teenagers in Hospital.  18.Ship-shape and Bristol Standard fashion: The 'why', the 'what' and the 'how' of implementing the Bristol Standard within the practice of a hospital play team.  19.Managing a Play Team through the Covid Crisis.  Part IV: Reflections from around the world.  20.Oh! The Places You'll Go! - A play specialist's journey.  21.Play in two different ways- A Reflection on Play Practice in the United Arab Emirates.  22."G'Day!" A history of hospital play in an Australian Children's Hospital.  23.Integrating Play in North American Hospitals- Historical and Current Approaches.  24.The Hospital Play Specialist Education Course in Japan: what we have achieved and what we need to overcome.  25.Let's start with play- why play in the emergency department can be our best tool for interventions.  Part V: Playing in other ways and other settings.  26.Play in a children's hospice- what's the point?  27.The therapeutic power of playing with chronically abused children.  28.Play and the paradigm shift.  29.Playing Beyond the Boundaries- How the role of the health play specialist can benefit adults in healthcare.  30.Play with purpose: the therapeutic value of play for siblings of pediatrtic patients.  31.Taking hospital play into the home.  32.Concluding Thoughts.  x.Appendix- Useful Links