Class: Service_target

Description of: Service_target

Class steward is Patient Care
Target is an associative class linking physical entities, including humans, other living subjects and inanimate material to the Service. The targets of a Service are like the objects and adverbial phrases of a verb in a sentence. This include direct objects (the things subjected to the action), indirect objects (e.g., beneficiary), and adverbials (e.g., means, location.)

Every target object is linked with the Service through a target instance. The target has a type_cd that identifies the function (or role) played by the target in the service. In the natural language analogy, the type_cd provides the case of the object and the preposition of an adverbial phrase.

The Target class maintains a choice to link to either a Person or a Material as its substance.

Attribute definitions for: Service_target

awareness_cd :: CV

For person targets indicates whether the associated patient or family member is aware of the service, and especially of the observation made. For example, a patient (or his next family members) may not be aware of a malignancy diagnosis, the patient and family may be aware at different times, and some patients may go through a phase of denial. For other than person targets this attribute is not applicable and shall not be valued.

tmr :: IVL<TS>

This is the time range in which the associated person or thing was a target of the specified Target.type_cd in the associated service.

type_cd :: CV

Just as with actors, different participation types can be identified for targets. By "target" of an action we basically mean objects of a verb. Objects appear in different cases: direct objects, indirect objects or adverbial objects according to their roles in a sentence. Target participation type codes distinguish those different roles. For instance, patient, guarantor, custodian, or family members are examples of target participation types. These are in the role of direct target on whom (accusative) or the indirect beneficiary (on behalf of whom) the service action is performed. In addition any material, specimen, device, or location used or produced by a service is a target of the service.

Association definitions for: Service_target

in (1,1) :: Service :: has (0,n)

participation_of (0,1) :: Living_subject :: participates_as (0,n)

participation_of (0,1) :: Person :: participates_as (0,n)

participation_of (0,1) :: Material :: participates_as (0,n)