The international classification of functioning, disability and health: A unifying model for the conceptual description of physical and rehabilitation medicine

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 286-292

  Stucki, Gerold ^a,b,d   Melvin, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b SWISS PARAPLEGIC RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

ICF; Physical medicine; Rehabilitation medicine

Indexed keywords

ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BIOMEDICINE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH PROGRAM; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONING, DISABILITY AND HEALTH; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PUBLICATION; REHABILITATION CARE; REHABILITATION CENTER; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; REHABILITATION RESEARCH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TAXONOMY; CLASSIFICATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONVALESCENCE; DISABLED PERSON; HUMAN; MEDICINE; REHABILITATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CONCEPT FORMATION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REHABILITATION; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 34250338485     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0044     Document Type: Article

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