2015May core #968 - Allow nickname to be an element within name

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    • Type: Change Request
    • Resolution: Not Persuasive
    • Priority: Medium
    • FHIR Core (FHIR)
    • DSTU1 [deprecated]
    • Modeling & Methodology [deprecated]
    • Datatypes
    • 1.18.0.12
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      All HL7 specifications work like this for support of cultures where nicknames may be whole names not just first names. We need to maintain that consistency

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      All HL7 specifications work like this for support of cultures where nicknames may be whole names not just first names. We need to maintain that consistency
    • Andy Stechishin / RIchard Etterna: 4-0-0
    • Enhancement

      Existing Wording: HumanName

      Comment:

      I find it awfully inconveient (and inefficient) to have to create a whole separate instance of a name just to hold the nickname. Suggest having a separate optional field to hold the nick name

            Assignee:
            Unassigned
            Reporter:
            Galen Mulrooney
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