Class: Advance_directive

Description of: Advance_directive

Class steward is Information Management (Medical Records)
Interested committees Patient Administration
An authoritative instruction or direction of a patient regarding their healthcare or the disposition of their remains.

Attribute definitions for: Advance_directive

assessment_dttm

The date and time the advance directive was identified.

Rationale: To replace attribute previously inherited from Patient_clinical_item.

competence_ind

An indication as to whether the patient was mentally competent when completing the advance directive.

directive_cd

A code depicting the nature of the advance directive.

disclosure_level_cd

The level of disclosure allowed for this advance directive.

employment_related_ind

An indication that the advance directive is employment related.

To replace attribute previously inherited from Patient_clinical_item.

life_quality_desc

A free for text describing quality of life preference of the patient to be used in making intervention decisions.

mortuary_preference_nm

The name of the patient's preferred mortuary.

notarization_dt

The date the advance directive was notarized.