A critical introduction to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)

The International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) is presented here in detail, including its coding techniques. The reading should enable us to understand the genesis and formal construction of the ICF, as well as its use in a wide range of clinical
its use in a wide range of clinical situations and studies. Like all WHO tools
Like all WHO tools, ICF is subject to periodic revision.
Based on a relatively extensive review of the international literature, the main problems raised by its use, in the hope of helping us, in the hope of assisting this process, which is much needed for a tool of great ambition detailed analysis reveals significant conceptual flaws.