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[Gnumed-devel] Marital Status (was Re:How gnumed deals with death)


From: Jim Busser
Subject: [Gnumed-devel] Marital Status (was Re:How gnumed deals with death)
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:19:16 -0700

By the way, looking at the identity table, marital status is not a unique property of unique individuals... the same individual can be divorced (from one person) at the same time as married (to a different person) or can be married to two people at the same time, sometimes under the same name and sometimes in secret under the same name or different names.

I almost wonder if this is something to be kept textually in social history, as I am not sure of the medical relevance of marital status except that on average, married people evidently have less stress and more longevity so maybe it is an inverse risk factor.

An unmarried person who was and/or is sexually active can have had children, and can be at risk of needing as much or more of the health attention as needed by married people.

What also does this imply about whether anywhere to capture religious affiliation?




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