> I suspect carto people are going to say "no synonyms." While synonyms are a bad idea, we are talking about something that is NOT a synonym: an inpatient department of a hospital, rather than a clinic or doctor's office.
> What is needed, though, is a tag for hospital wards. That might also be useful. Could you explain the difference between "department" and "ward" in British English usage? I found a page with a list of departments at NHS hospitals, so apparently both words are used to mean something different: https://www.netdoctor.co.uk/health-services/nhs/a4502/a-to-z-of-hospital-departments/ BTW, what is the most common term for an "emergency department" in the UK? Is it still "Emergency Ward" or "Accident and Emergency Ward" or something different -- Joseph Eisenberg On 4/13/20, Paul Allen <pla16...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, 13 Apr 2020 at 12:30, Joseph Eisenberg <joseph.eisenb...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Ok, I do agree that "healthcare=department" or perhaps >> "healthcare=hospital_department" would make sense for an inpatient >> department within a larger hospital, since that is certainly not an >> amenity=clinic (which are outpatient facilities). >> > > Some may be both for inpatients and outpatients. Like X-ray. If you > insist > on a separate value for use when the facility is within a hospital and may > be > used by inpatients, then I suspect carto people are going to say "no > synonyms." > > What is needed, though, is a tag for hospital wards. By "wards" I mean how > the term is used in British English and not as stated by > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospital#Departments_or_wards > In British English a ward is a collection of beds for inpatients. Some > specialized wards may be clinics/departments as well as collections > of beds, but most are effectively dormitories. My nearest general hospital > has 20 wards scattered around a large complex and it would be nice > for people visiting patients to be able to see where they are on a map. > > -- > Paul > _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging