TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Don't downplay "play": reasons why health systems should protect childhood play
JO  - Journal of medicine and philosophy
A1  - Nielsen, Lasse
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Much research has studied the importance of play for children's development. However, questions of its political importance and our public institutions' duties to protect it have been largely neglected. This article argues that childhood play is politically important due to having both intrinsic and instrumental value, and it suggests that the duty to protect the capability for play in childhood falls especially on the public health system. If this argument succeeds, it follows that we have stronger duties toward our children than we currently believe.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0360-5310
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jmp/jhab020
ID  - ref1
ER  -