01279nas a2200217   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001100055653001200066100001500078700001700093700002100110700003200131245010900163856005900272300001100331490000700342050001700349520068100366022001401047       1992                            d  c1992 Dec10aHumans10aleprosy1 aBrandsma W1 aHeerkens Y F1 aLakerveld-Heyl K1 aMischner-Van Ravensberg C D00aThe international classification of impairments, disabilities and handicaps in leprosy-control projects.  uhttp://leprev.ilsl.br/pdfs/1992/v63n4/pdf/v63n4a05.pdf  a337-440 v63  aBRANDSMA19923 a<p>The use of a uniform language, which includes definitions of terms, is very important in the field of health care. It is important to have a common language for educational, research and communication purposes. Classifications can play a major role in the development of uniform reporting and registration systems. The purpose of this article is to familiarize leprosy workers with two classifications that are in common use in health care, a classification of diseases and a classification used to describe the overall health status of a person, and to relate the 3 terms that are used in the latter classification, impairments, disabilities and handicaps, to leprosy.</p>  a0305-7518