While maintaining curative responsibilities for patients with life threatening illnesses, nurses must also be able to address the needs of the dying as part of their daily work [ 1, 2, 5, 15].
Under the Municipal Administration Ordinance of 1960, the Pourashova Ordinance of 1977, the City Corporation Ordinance of 1983 and the Local Government Act of 2009 the provision of preventive health and curative care is the responsibility of city corporations and municipalities.
12 Conversely, studies have shown that in some settings, the addition of responsibility for curative services has increased CBHWs' motivation and the community's respect for CBHWs, leading to better performance.
In the Dutch health care system the tasks and responsibilities of curative health care and occupational health care are strictly divided.
In curative care, the principal professional responsibility is to the individual patient, whereas in preventive care, focus is often at the population level and entails a responsibility to the entire community.
These preventative home visits may be viewed by volunteer VHTs as extra work that takes them away from their other responsibilities to provide curative services for older children.
HEWs have wide-ranging responsibilities for community-based health promotion and curative care.
HEWs have wide ranging responsibilities for community-based health promotion and curative care in Ethiopia.
Indeed, in an era of Internet-fueled self-diagnoses, where well-heeled patients (sometimes armed with information of questionable legitimacy) may stubbornly insist upon particular therapies, doctors have a greater responsibility than ever to serve as a bulwark between the curative and the dangerous.
Systematically considering all pieces of the puzzle for healthcare interventions by all stakeholders leads to difficult questions, helps to position interventions across a wide range of options, including preventive and curative programs as advocated by Nord [ 3], and may enhance social responsibility and reduce bias.
