Community Services, Superseded 06/02/2012 Health, Standard 04/05/2005
Definition:
An honorific form of address, commencing a name, used when addressing a person by name, whether by mail, by phone, or in person, as represented by text.
Valid abbreviations from the Australian Standard AS4590-1999 Interchange of client information.
Source and reference attributes
Origin:
Standards Australia 1999. Australian Standard AS4590-1999 Interchange of Client Information. Sydney: Standards Australia
Standards Australia 2002. Australian Standard AS5017-2002 Health Care Client Identification. Sydney: Standards Australia
Data element attributes
Collection and usage attributes
Guide for use:
Mixed case should be used (rather than upper case only).
The Name title for Master should only be used for persons less than 15 years of age.
Name titles for Doctor and Professor should only be applicable to persons of greater than 20 years of age.
More than one Name title may be recorded e.g. Prof Sir John Markham.
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:
Standards Australia
Origin:
National Health Data Committee
National Community Services Data Committee
Standards Australia 1999. Australian Standard AS4590-1999 Interchange of Client Information. Sydney: Standards Australia Standards Australia 2002. Australian Standard AS5017-2002 Health Care Client Identification. Sydney: Standards Australia
Reference documents:
AS4846 Health Care Provider Identification, 2004, Sydney: Standards Australia
