description: Base StructureDefinition for Person Resource
package_name: hl7.fhir.r2.core
name: Person
type: null
elements:
  address: {short: One or more addresses for the person, comments: Person may have multiple addresses with different uses or applicable periods., type: Address, array: true, index: 5}
  managingOrganization: {short: The organization that is the custodian of the person record, type: Reference, isSummary: true, index: 7}
  name: {short: A name associated with the person, comments: Person may have multiple names with different uses or applicable periods., type: HumanName, array: true, isSummary: true, index: 1}
  birthDate: {short: The date on which the person was born, comments: At least an estimated year should be provided as a guess if the real DOB is unknown., 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: {type: Reference, short: The resource to which this actual person is associated, index: 10}
      assurance: {type: code, short: level1 | level2 | level3 | level4, index: 11}
    required: [target]
  active: {isModifier: true, short: This person's record is in active use, type: boolean, isSummary: true, index: 8}
  identifier: {type: Identifier, short: A human identifier for this person, array: true, index: 0}
  telecom: {short: A contact detail for the person, comments: 'Person may have multiple ways to be contacted with different uses or applicable periods.  May need to have options for contacting the person urgently, and also to help with identification.', type: ContactPoint, array: true, isSummary: true, index: 2}
  gender: {short: male | female | other | unknown, comments: 'The gender may not match the biological sex as determined by genetics, or the individual''s preferred identification. Note that for both humans and particularly animals, there are other legitimate possibilities than M and F, though the vast majority of systems and contexts only support M and F.', type: code, isSummary: true, index: 3}
package_version: 1.0.2
class: resource
kind: resource
url: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Person
version: null