[Tagging] Things within things | Re: Request for assistance in creating a tag.

[Joseph Eisenberg]

>  I suspect carto people are going to say "no synonyms."

While synonyms are a bad idea, we are talking about something that is
NOT a synonym: an inpatient department of a hospital, rather than a
clinic or doctor's office.

> What is needed, though, is a tag for hospital wards.

That might also be useful. Could you explain the difference between
"department" and "ward" in British English usage?

I found a page with a list of departments at NHS hospitals, so
apparently both words are used to mean something different:

https://www.netdoctor.co.uk/health-services/nhs/a4502/a-to-z-of-hospital-departments/

BTW, what is the most common term for an "emergency department" in the UK?

Is it still "Emergency Ward" or "Accident and Emergency Ward" or
something different

-- Joseph Eisenberg

On 4/13/20, Paul Allen <pla16021 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Apr 2020 at 12:30, Joseph Eisenberg <joseph.eisenberg at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Ok, I do agree that "healthcare=department" or perhaps
>> "healthcare=hospital_department" would make sense for an inpatient
>> department within a larger hospital, since that is certainly not an
>> amenity=clinic (which are outpatient facilities).
>>
>
> Some may be both for inpatients and outpatients.  Like X-ray.  If you
> insist
> on a separate value for use when the facility is within a hospital and may
> be
> used by inpatients, then I suspect carto people are going to say "no
> synonyms."
>
> What is needed, though, is a tag for hospital wards.  By "wards" I mean how
> the term is used in British English and not as stated by
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospital#Departments_or_wards
> In British English a ward is a collection of beds for inpatients.  Some
> specialized wards may be clinics/departments as well as collections
> of beds, but most are effectively dormitories.  My nearest general hospital
> has 20 wards scattered around a large complex and it would be nice
> for people visiting patients to be able to see where they are on a map.
>
> --
> Paul
>