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In the USA, "John Doe" is used for an unknown name. God help someone with that actual name. But hospitals commonly encounter the problem of a patient with unk
by CapitalistCartr 7y ago
In the USA, "John Doe" is used for an unknown name. God help someone with that actual name. But hospitals commonly encounter the problem of a patient with unknown name that must still be entered into the database. Presumably the patient has a name, it's merely unknown. Except babies with no or unknown parents. Really no name.
- Scoundreller 7y agoWhile someone could have the name John Doe, their real date of birth won’t be some random day and month in 1867.
- Piskvorrr 7y agoUnless you have a system which also references dead people. ("Oh! Those exist?") There are administrative databases spanning centuries..."just use a random year in the 19th century" is just a y2k bug in a new suit.
- tjoff 7y agoNot all records have date of birth. Other similar examples: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20676904 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20676904