Hospice care for children: past, present, and future

Hospice care for children: past, present, and future

Martinson IM

Journal Of Pediatric Oncology Nursing

1993

Child; Humans; Health Services Research; Forecasting; adolescent; Preschool; infant; mortality; administration/statistics &; Child Health Services/organization &; Home Care Services/organization &; Hospices/organization &; numerical data/trends

Of the 100,000 children who die each year in the United States, close to 15,000 children could benefit from hospice/home care services. This article describes the concept of pediatric hospice care, reviews the Martinson study that was conducted in the 1970s, gives a chronological report on some institutions that provide hospice care for children in the United States and other parts of the world, and discusses the future of pediatric hospice care.

1993

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