description: Demographics and administrative information about a person independent of a specific health-related context.
package_name: hl7.fhir.r4.core
derivation: specialization
name: Person
type: Person
elements:
  address: {short: One or more addresses for the person, type: Address, array: true, index: 5}
  managingOrganization:
    short: The organization that is the custodian of the person record
    refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Organization']
    type: Reference
    isSummary: true
    index: 7
  name: {short: A name associated with the person, type: HumanName, array: true, isSummary: true, index: 1}
  birthDate: {short: The date on which the person was born, type: date, isSummary: true, index: 4}
  photo: {type: Attachment, short: Image of the person, index: 6}
  link:
    type: BackboneElement
    short: Link to a resource that concerns the same actual person
    array: true
    index: 9
    elements:
      target:
        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
        index: 10
      assurance:
        short: level1 | level2 | level3 | level4
        type: code
        binding: {strength: required, valueSet: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/identity-assuranceLevel|4.0.1'}
        index: 11
    required: [target]
  active: {isModifier: true, short: This person's record is in active use, type: boolean, 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: 8}
  identifier: {short: A human identifier for this person, type: Identifier, array: true, index: 0}
  telecom: {short: A contact detail for the person, type: ContactPoint, array: true, isSummary: true, index: 2}
  gender:
    short: male | female | other | unknown
    type: code
    binding: {strength: required, valueSet: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/administrative-gender|4.0.1'}
    isSummary: true
    index: 3
package_version: 4.0.1
class: resource
kind: resource
url: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Person
base: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/DomainResource
version: 4.0.1