cimi.element

Element PersonName

Documentation:

A name used by a human being, written as it would be typically expressed. May include a breakdown of the various elements of the name (family name, given name, etc.).

Ancestors:

• Name
• • PersonName

Direct Descendants:

• HumanName

Field Summary

Properties Defined	Constraints	Value
Prefix Contains a set of honorific terms that typically appear before a person's name, for example Mr., Mrs., Dr., etc.	DataType Cardinality	Prefix 0..*
GivenName The person's given name - e.g., John	DataType Cardinality	GivenName 0..*
MiddleName The person's middle name.	DataType Cardinality	MiddleName 0..*
FamilyName The portion of a person's name that reflects the genealogy of the person. In western cultures, this is the 'last' name. In eastern cultures, the family name appears before the person's given name(s). In some cultures (e.g. Eritrea) the family name of a son is the first name of his father. (Source: HL7 V3).	DataType Cardinality	FamilyName 0..*
Suffix Part of the name that is acquired as a title due to academic, legal, employment or nobility status, etc. and that appears at the end of the name.	DataType Cardinality	Suffix 0..*

Properties Constrained	Constraint	Value
Purpose.Coding Defined in Name	Value Set Constrained in PersonName	http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/name-use (REQUIRED)

Properties inherited from Name

NameAsText, Purpose, EffectiveTimePeriod