The World Health Organisation International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health: A conceptual model and interface for the OMERACT process

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 600-606

  Stucki, Gerold ^a,b,c   Boonen, Annelies ^d   Tugwell, Peter ^e   Cieza, Alarcos ^b,c   Boers, Maarten ^f  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c SWISS PARAPLEGIC RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^f VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Functioning; International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health; OMERACT

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICINE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISABILITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONING, DISABILITY AND HEALTH; MEASUREMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SOCIAL ASPECT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; TERMINOLOGY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33847640986     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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