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Maladies imaginaires: Some common misconceptions about the ICIDH

International Disability Studies, 1987
This paper attempts to temper unrealistic expectations by clarifying what the ICIDH is, particularly through a review of what it is not. Recognizing that the approach is intended to be applied for a variety of purposes, a summary of the key properties of the information required for different tasks is also presented.
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The international classification of impairments, disabilities and handicaps (ICIDH) results and problems

International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1996
Published by the World Health Organization in 1980, the International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities, and Handicaps (ICIDH) provides a conceptual framework for information by enabling classification, and hence description, of the three dimensions of the phenomenon of "disablement" (as a consequence of disease, injury or congenital ...
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The Canadian database on disability issues: a national application of the ICIDH

Disability and Rehabilitation, 1995
The need for a national database on persons with disabilities was articulated in early 1980 when members of the Canadian government conducted a nationwide consultation to establish the issues facing persons with disabilities in Canada. This paper will describe the development of this database and show how the International Classification of Impairments,
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Psychological impairments and social disabilities: On the applicability of the ICIDH to psychiatry

International Rehabilitation Medicine, 1986
The applicability of the theoretical framework of the ICIDH to the practice of psychiatry is discussed. A critical analysis reveals some major conceptual difficulties with respect to the distinction between mental disorder and psychological impairment, and also between social disability and handicap.
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The ICIDH-2 – using the classification for statistics and research

Statistical Journal of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, 1999
The World Heath Organisation is in the process of revising the International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities and Handicaps (ICIDH). This paper describes the background to the ICIDH and the new features of the revised classification in relation to its aims and applications.
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ICIDH und Assessment

Physikalische Medizin, Rehabilitationsmedizin, Kurortmedizin, 2004
T. Ewert, G. Stucki
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[Application of ICIDH classification in sociomedical assessment].

Gesundheitswesen (Bundesverband der Arzte des Offentlichen Gesundheitsdienstes (Germany)), 2001
With the increase of treatable chronic diseases and of the number of elderly persons in society, rehabilitation and social services to compensate disabilities are getting increasingly important. At the same time, social security systems today are hard pressed to control health care costs and to justify their services.
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Further development of the ICIDH scales

International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1997
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Using ICIDH-2 in the Classification of Nursing Diagnoses: Results From Two Pilot Studies

Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2002
Anke Persoon, Theo van Achterberg
exaly  

The ICIDH: Format, Application in Different Settings, and Distinction Between Disability and Handicap: A Critique of Papers on the Application of the International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities, and Handicaps

International Disability Studies, 1987
Elizabeth M Badley
exaly