title: Dialogues with excellence. Seeing Joan through.
authors.affiliation: Medical Intensive-Care Unit, Loyola University Medical Center, Foster G. McGaw Hospital, Maywood, IL.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Holden
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D003422:Critical Care; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations