Perceptions of a dying patient of the quality of care and caring: an interview with Ivan Hanson. Interview by June A Schmele.

As a health care professional for many years, Ivan Hanson was an advocate of quality health care and the caring component. As a health care consumer during his nearly 5-year struggle with cancer, he had ample opportunity for thoughtful reflection about this same care and caring. During the last stage of his illness he willingly shared his reflections about important aspects of the quality of care from the consumer's perspective. He leaves this as a legacy that has the potential to influence the caring dimension of the services that nurses provide.