Disease, illness and health: theoretical models of the disablement process.

摘要: Handicap is the result of a process disablement whose origin pathological condition (disease). According to some definitions health (e.g., state complete physical, mental and social well-being), classical biomedical concept too restrictive cover all consequences disease. New models have been proposed: impairment-disability-handicap model presented by WHO, situational handicap model, quality-of-life model. A unifying schema includes these concepts provides useful way analysing Factors that modify can be identified their respective impacts, provide operational guidelines for public interventions.