Hi All, One should include mental age as well. EHRs should not presume a Patient's mental capabilities closely track their physical age. This would be a recipe for disaaster under its own terms since 'young' physical age and 'senior' physical age represent gray areas regarding mental competence, etc. These gray areas are recognized in most legal systems.
Regards! -Thomas Clark Gerard Freriks wrote: > Hi, > > There are two concepts with the name 'age'. > > Age as a number. Age=56 > Age as a process. baby, youth, post conception, gestational, > > As with many concepts we have two different concepts with the same > name in daily life. > > Gerard > > > -- <private> -- > Gerard Freriks, arts > Huigsloterdijk 378 > 2158 LR Buitenkaag > The Netherlands > > +31 252 544896 > +31 654 792800 > On 26 Jan 2005, at 17:58, Sam Heard 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 > > - > If you have any questions about using this list, > please send a message to d.lloyd at openehr.org > - If you have any questions about using this list, please send a message to d.lloyd at openehr.org
