Date of Award

11-1973

Degree Type

Master's Essay - Restricted

Degree Name

Master of Science in Nursing (MSN)

Department

Nursing

First Advisor

Lorraine Wallenborn

Second Advisor

Helen Harrington

Abstract

In recent years, the number of deaths from chronic obstructive lung disease has been increasing at an alarming rate in the United States. Three different reasons for this increase may be listed: (1) more people are surviving other diseases and living to the age at which chronic obstructive lung disease tends to kill; (2) the ability to recognize chronic obstructive lung disease has improved and, increasingly this disease is being identified on death certificates as the cause of deaths formerly attributed, in particular, to heart failure and pneumonia; and, (3) a true increase in the incidence and severity of this disease has occurred.

Comments

A Research Paper Submitted to the Faculty or the Graduate School of Marquette University in Partial Fulfillment or the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Nursing, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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