title: [Implications of the diffusion of the International Classification of Handicaps on policies concerning handicapped persons].
abstract: The International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities and Handicaps (ICIDH) has had a considerable impact on perception of the consequences of disease, and of the modifications which these consequences can present. Ideally, ICIDH is at the same time a descriptive, an explanatory and an implementation too for health policy. Two examples of the conceptual and policy use of ICIDH are given: policy developments proposed to Member States of the Council of Europe; multisectoral development in Québec. Both these examples underline that the ICIDH not only deals with clarifying items, but is also a support to the development of responsible policies.
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authors: Fougeyrollas
mesh_terms: D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000145:classification*; D005060:Europe; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D011050:Policy Making; D011792:Quebec; D012013:Reference Books; D014481:United States; D014944:World Health Organization
vernacular_title: Les implications de la diffusion de la Classification internationale des handicaps sur les politiques concernant les personnes handicapées.