RelatedPersons typically have a personal relationship or non-healthcare-specific professional relationship to the patient. A RelatedPerson resource is primarily used for attribution of information, since RelatedPersons are often a source of information about the patient. For keeping information about people for contact purposes for a patient, use a Patient's Contact element. Some individuals may serve as both a Patient's Contact and a Related Person.

Example RelatedPersons are:

A patient's wife or husband
A patient's relatives or friends
A neighbor bringing a patient to the hospital
The owner or trainer of a horse
A patient's attorney or guardian
A Guide Dog

The following attributes are supported:

Field Name	Notes
id
patient	reference to patient
relationship	http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/relatedperson-relationshiptype The following codes are supported: self\|spouse\|child\|other\|employee
name	family given
telecom
gender
address	will only display if the address is different than the patient
birthDate

The Following Operations are supported:

RelatedPerson READ