Martinson I M
School of Nursing, Department of Family Health Care Nursing, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0606.
J Pediatr Oncol Nurs. 1993 Jul;10(3):93-8. doi: 10.1177/104345429301000304.
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.
