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.
BT - Leprosy review C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1479873?dopt=Abstract CN - BRANDSMA1992 DA - 1992 Dec DO - 10.5935/0305-7518.19920040 IS - 4 J2 - Lepr Rev LA - eng N2 -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.
PY - 1992 SP - 337 EP - 44 T2 - Leprosy review TI - The international classification of impairments, disabilities and handicaps in leprosy-control projects. UR - http://leprev.ilsl.br/pdfs/1992/v63n4/pdf/v63n4a05.pdf VL - 63 SN - 0305-7518 ER -