I too agree on this. We need to consider about these.
--- Sam Heard <sam.heard at bigpond.com> wrote:
> Tom and others
>
> The idea of age as a complex notion -
> post-conception, gestational (LMP)
> ie it can involve pre-birth periods - even well into
> life. This apperas
> to be important for decision support.
>
> I wonder if we need to model this as an archetype
> for demographics - but
> it needs to be in the EHR - age crops up in lots of
> evaluations
> (problem, family history) so we might need to have
> it as a formal TYPE!
> That is - we can use it consistently in various
> settings.
>
>
> I would argue that gender is of the same nature -
> with social gender,
> physical gender and genetic gender as the key
> concepts.
>
> No doubt there are others but these two are worth
> thinking about carefully.
>
> Sam
>
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