When the agency is undisclosed or partially disclosed, however, both the agent and the principal are liable. Where the principal is not bound because the agent has no actual or apparent authority, the purported agent is liable to the third party for breach of the implied warranty of authority.
The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is the standard diagnostic tool for epidemiology, health management and clinical purposes. This includes the analysis of the general health situation of population groups.
Mumford noted that the new naming practices are also in alignment with the International Classification of Diseases, which is man aged by WHO and charged with assigning the human disease names used by health care providers worldwide to classify diseases and standardize disease documentation.