title: [Home nursing care, daily assistance and specialized individual treatments].
abstract: Home nursing care, long overshadowed by a conception of health care which is essentially curative and hospital-centred, is returning to the forefront of nursing activities. It is a source of efficiency for the health care system and of quality of life for users but remains a challenge. When the patient requires frequent and essential technical procedures, home nursing care requires a number of adjustments between the health care workers to ensure quality care is provided.This article looks back at the development of these professions.
authors.affiliation: do.leboeuf@orange.fr
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Le Boeuf
mesh_terms: D005602:France; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011634:Public Health