[Health promotion for community patients--and health care]

There is a basic attitude in using terms like 'sick' or 'healthy' referring to a client. This attitude determines the nursing and therapeutic measures. The provision of health care is an inevitable part of the community nursing services. The relation to the population is given on the basis of personal contact in every-day matters. Communal or visiting nursing organisations can not handle large projects by themselves but are definitely in the position to participate. Continuing further education is a necessity for nurses as well as for the employers. Community nursing is in addition dependent on the support and co-operation of advanced thinking specialists groups.