On Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 08:25:00AM -0800, Jim Busser wrote:
> Veterinarians caring for my animals often used what seem like
> "medical" records in which they enter the animal as a
> "person/patient" and, where the field would exist, would input the
> owner(s) as the "parents".
>
> I would suggest inputting the animal with the surname of the
> principal owner.
>
> The animal's own name(s) would go in the "first names"
>
> Suggest the owner name(s) be entered as aliases
Or as inactive alternate names.
> Suggest genus and species, as believed-to-be-objective, be entered
> in a SOAP notelet as their own inception "problem" and could be
> assigned a clin_when equal to the animal's date of birth
I would enter the date of birth of the animal into the
normal date of birth field.
I would then either use nickname or comment for race, genus,
and species information.
Karsten
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