description: Demographics and administrative information about a person independent of a specific health-related context.
package_name: hl7.fhir.r5.examples
derivation: specialization
name: Person
type: Person
elements:
  address: {isModifier: false, short: One or more addresses for the person, type: Address, mustSupport: false, array: true, isSummary: true, index: 10}
  deceasedDateTime: {isModifier: false, short: Indicates if the individual is deceased or not, type: dateTime, mustSupport: false, choiceOf: deceased, isSummary: true, index: 9}
  managingOrganization:
    isModifier: false
    short: The organization that is the custodian of the person record
    refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Organization']
    type: Reference
    mustSupport: false
    isSummary: true
    index: 16
  deceasedBoolean: {isModifier: false, short: Indicates if the individual is deceased or not, type: boolean, mustSupport: false, choiceOf: deceased, isSummary: true, index: 8}
  name: {isModifier: false, short: A name associated with the person, type: HumanName, mustSupport: false, array: true, isSummary: true, index: 2}
  birthDate: {isModifier: false, short: The date on which the person was born, type: date, mustSupport: false, isSummary: true, index: 5}
  deceased:
    isModifier: false
    short: Indicates if the individual is deceased or not
    mustSupport: false
    choices: [deceasedBoolean, deceasedDateTime]
    isSummary: true
    index: 7
  photo: {isModifier: false, short: Image of the person, type: Attachment, mustSupport: false, array: true, isSummary: false, index: 12}
  link:
    isModifier: false
    short: Link to a resource that concerns the same actual person
    index: 17
    type: BackboneElement
    mustSupport: false
    array: true
    elements:
      target:
        isModifier: false
        short: The resource to which this actual person is associated
        refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Patient', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Person', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Practitioner', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/RelatedPerson']
        type: Reference
        mustSupport: false
        isSummary: false
        index: 18
      assurance:
        isModifier: false
        short: level1 | level2 | level3 | level4
        type: code
        mustSupport: false
        binding: {strength: required, valueSet: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/identity-assuranceLevel|5.0.0'}
        isSummary: false
        index: 19
    required: [target]
    isSummary: false
  active: {isModifier: true, short: This person's record is in active use, type: boolean, mustSupport: false, isModifierReason: This element is labelled as a modifier because it is a status element that can indicate that a record should not be treated as valid, isSummary: true, index: 1}
  communication:
    isModifier: false
    short: A language which may be used to communicate with the person about his or her health
    index: 13
    type: BackboneElement
    mustSupport: false
    array: true
    elements:
      language:
        isModifier: false
        short: The language which can be used to communicate with the person about his or her health
        type: CodeableConcept
        mustSupport: false
        binding: {strength: required, valueSet: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/all-languages|5.0.0'}
        isSummary: false
        index: 14
      preferred: {isModifier: false, short: Language preference indicator, type: boolean, mustSupport: false, isSummary: false, index: 15}
    required: [language]
    isSummary: false
  identifier: {isModifier: false, short: A human identifier for this person, type: Identifier, mustSupport: false, array: true, isSummary: true, index: 0}
  telecom: {isModifier: false, short: A contact detail for the person, type: ContactPoint, mustSupport: false, array: true, isSummary: true, index: 3}
  gender:
    isModifier: false
    short: male | female | other | unknown
    type: code
    mustSupport: false
    binding: {strength: required, valueSet: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/administrative-gender|5.0.0'}
    isSummary: true
    index: 4
  maritalStatus:
    isModifier: false
    short: Marital (civil) status of a person
    type: CodeableConcept
    mustSupport: false
    binding: {strength: extensible, valueSet: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/marital-status'}
    isSummary: false
    index: 11
package_version: 5.0.0
class: resource
kind: resource
url: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Person
base: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/DomainResource
version: 5.0.0