| Literature DB >> 15121036 |
Alarcos Cieza1, Gerold Stucki.
Abstract
The approval of the new international classification of functioning, disability and health (ICF; formerly ICIDH) (WHO, 2001a) by the World Health Assembly (WHA) in May 2001 is a landmark event for medicine and society. With the ICF, patients' functioning, with its components body functions and structures, activities and participation, became a central perspective in medicine. The objective of this paper is to outline how the ICF can serve as a new global language of functioning and health and hence become a new approach for our understanding of the impact of musculoskeletal conditions.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 15121036 DOI: 10.1016/j.berh.2004.02.003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol ISSN: 1521-6942 Impact factor: 4.098