On health, ability and activity: Comments on some basic notions in the ICF

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 28, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 1461-1465

  Nordenfelt, Lennart ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ability; Activity; Health; ICF; ICIDH; Opportunity; Performance qualifier

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONING, DISABILITY AND HEALTH; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

DISABLED PERSONS; DISEASE; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VOCABULARY, CONTROLLED; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33845242502     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280600925886     Document Type: Article

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