Class: Language

Description of: Language

Class steward is Patient Administration
The language used by a person to communicate with other persons.

OpenIssue: See if this class and the Language_ability code can be collapsed into a single class using a prodiciency code for each language that is a set or list of entries.

Attribute definitions for: Language

cd ::

A code indicating the language utilized by a person (e.g. Spanish, Italian, German). ISO639 language table is a possible coding system.

|GT1^36^00118^Primary Language| |IN2^34^00118^Primary Language| |NK1^20^00118^Primary Language| |PID^15^00118^Primary Language|

preference_ind ::

An indication of whether or not the language is the one preferred by the person. This indicates the preferred language for a patient bill.

Association definitions for: Language

is_communicated_by (1,1) :: Person :: communicates_in (0,n)

is_specified_by (0,n) :: Language_ability :: specifies_ability_in (1,1)