Caring for our patients — fact or legend

Abstract

With 1980 well into its stride it must be becoming more and more evident that what most people understand by the word “ technology” is going to play an ever-increasing role in everyday living and influence to an even greater extent the quality of life. It does not really matter what area one thinks of — agriculture, transport, education, mining, commerce and industry and our own specific area of health service, nursing, technology is integral to our continued existence. Technology has to do with machines, engineering