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M Quivey

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Advanced medical technology: finding the answers.

Nurses are increasingly questioning the decisions on the use and overuse of advanced medical technology, particularly when it concerns the elderly, psychiatric patients and children. Below, some of the troubling questions being asked and where nurses can find advice.

Decision Making

What does the PSC do?

The Professional Services Committee is the only standing committee of ICN. It consists of five national representatives from Ghana, Norway, Philippines, Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. It meets once a year, for 3-4 days and it reports to the Board of Directors. Martha Quivey (Norway), its chairman, explained its role at the professional conference of the Royal College of Nursing recently. This is an abridged version of her paper.

Global Health