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Tenth Revision of the International Classification of Diseases — In Progress

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 August 2018

G. R. Brämer
G. R. Brämer*
Affiliation:
Development of Epidemiological and Health Statistical Services, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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Abstract

Classification is fundamental to science and a standard classification of diseases and injury is essential for the systematic statistical study of illness and death. This was recognised as early as the seventeenth century when such studies started and in 1853 Dr William Farr of London and Marc d'Espine of Geneva were entrusted with the task of preparing ‘a uniform nomenclature of causes of death applicable to all countries’. This led eventually to the International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Injuries and Causes of Death (ICD). In 1948, when the World Health Organization (WHO) was created, the newborn agency was asked to review and revise the classification regularly. The ICD is now undergoing its tenth revision.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 152 , Issue S1: Psychiatric classification in an international perspective , May 1988 , pp. 29 - 32
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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