Hospice care for children: past, present, and future.
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.
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School of Nursing, Department of Family Health Care Nursing, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0606.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005544:Forecasting; D006302:Health Services Research; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D006738:Hospices / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009026:Mortality