ICF Core Sets: Manual for Clinical Practice

Book including CD-ROM with ca. 1,400 printable pages of documentations & forms!
Practical, standardized tools to assess and document functioning, disability, and health according to the WHO ICF in a variety of health conditions and settings The WHO s International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) is the accepted common framework for understanding and documenting functioning and disability. The ICF Core Sets selected for this book have now been developed to facilitate the standardized use of the ICF in real-life clinical practice and thus improve quality of care. By using this collection of clear checklists, definitions, and forms, clinicians will quickly and easily be able to assess clients with a range of typical health conditions at different stages and in a variety of health care contexts.
This manual:
Introduces the concepts of functioning and disability.
Describes how and why the ICF Core Sets have been developed.
Shows, step-by-step, how to apply the ICF Core Sets in clinical practice.
Includes all 31 ICF Core Sets plus documentation forms (more than 1,400 pages
of printable PDFs) on a CD-ROM.
This manual is inherently multi-professional and will be of benefit not only for practitioners
working in various health care contexts but also for students and teachers.

Jerome Bickenbach, PhD, LLB, is a member of the steering committee of the ICF Research Branch, was closely involved in the development of the ICF at the WHO, and is a member of the Functioning and Disability Reference Group (FDRG) at WHO. Alarcos Cieza, Psychologist, PhD, MPH, is a member of the steering committee of the ICF Research Branch. She has led the development process of several ICF Core Sets since 2001. She also led the development of the ICF e-Learning tool at WHO and participated in the development of other training materials and of the ICF Core Set documentation tools. She is a member of the Functioning and Disability Reference Group (FDRG) of WHO. Alexandra Rauch, PT, BSc, MPH, participated in the development and validation of several ICF Core Sets, ICF Core Set documentation tools, and various ICF training materials, as well as being Leader of ICF training workshops. Gerold Stucki, MD, MS, is Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Sciences and Health Policy at the University of Lucerne, Director of Swiss Paraplegic Research (SPF), and Director of the ICF Research Branch. As Co-Chair of the Functioning and Disability Reference Group (FDRG) of the WHO Family of International Classifications (WHO-FIC) Network, and President of the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (ISPRM), he is promoting the implementation of the ICF in medicine, rehabilitation, and the health sector at large. Towards this end he initiated the ICF Core Set project and has guided its development as a member of the steering committee.