We must get used to the notion that patients not always have to provide their real names. And that in order to provide healthcare we need to know the real (administrative) identity.
Gerard -- <private> -- Gerard Freriks, arts Huigsloterdijk 378 2158 LR Buitenkaag The Netherlands +31 252 544896 +31 654 792800 On 17 Mar 2005, at 13:50, Grahame Grieve wrote: > At 11:29 PM 17/03/2005, you wrote: >> > Richard is often abbreviated to Dick in English usage. >> > No idea what the origin is - lost in the mists of time. >> > >> > So, if you get >> > initial = D >> > given = Richard >> > >> > you don't know that the D is an abbreviation for Richard. >> > And if you do know that it is, there's no way to say so >> >> Well, is there a *need* to say so ? What's fundamentally >> wrong with just storing the D as a second first name along >> with Richard ? I probably am too much of a pragmatist. > > > hi Karsten > > depends which hat I'm wearing. If I'm programming, then > I probably won't care - delegate the problem to the user. > > If I'm wearing my standards hat, or writing a reference > demographics server, then I would care > > Grahame > > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 1211 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.openehr.org/mailman/private/openehr-technical_lists.openehr.org/attachments/20050426/b5c55b72/attachment.bin>
