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Actors, performers and resources
The concepts describing who takes part in care — subjects of care, professionals, organisations, and third parties — the roles they play, and what it means to provide care.
subject of care
person seeking to receive, receiving, or having received care

Actors, performers and resources
The concepts describing who takes part in care — subjects of care, professionals, organisations, and third parties — the roles they play, and what it means to provide care.
- care actor
  organization or person participating in care
- subject of care
  person seeking to receive, receiving, or having received care
- care provider
  care actor that is able to be assigned one or more care period mandates
- care third party
  care actor other than a care provider or the subject of care
- care organization
  organization being a care provider
- care employment
  mandate given by a care organization to a care personnel describing the roles and responsibilities assigned to that care personnel
- care personnel
  person mandated through a care employment
- care professional entitlement
  professional care mandate held by a person concerning specific roles in care
- care professional
  person holding a care professional entitlement
- other carer
  person being a care third party
- care supporting organization
  organization that is a care third party
- subject of care proxy
  care actor exercising a proxy mandate
- care performer
  role adopted by a person when performing care
- self-care performer
  role played by a subject of care when performing self-care
- third party care performer
  role performed by a care third party
- prescriber
  role performed by a care professional when recommending or authorising a care activity
- care resource
  resource needed to perform care activities
- point of care
  location where direct care activities are performed
- medical device
  instrument, apparatus, implement, machine, appliance, implant, reagent for in vitro use, software, material or other similar or related article, intended by the manufacturer to be used, alone or in combination, for human beings, for one or more of the specific medical purposes of — diagnosis, prevention, monitoring, treatment or alleviation of disease, — diagnosis, monitoring, treatment, alleviation of or compensation for an injury, — investigation, replacement, modification, or support of the anatomy or of a physiological process, — supporting or sustaining life, — control of conception, — disinfection of medical devices, — providing information by means of in vitro examination of specimens derived from the human body, and which does not achieve its primary intended action by pharmacological, immunological or metabolic means, in or on the human body, but which can be assisted in its intended function by such means
- automatic medical device
  medical device capable of performing care activities by itself or under human supervision
- medicinal product
  pharmaceutical product or combination of pharmaceutical products that may be administered to human beings for treating or preventing disease, with the aim or purpose of making a medical diagnosis or to restore, correct or modify physiological functions
- care funds
  resource provided for funding care delivery
- facility
  place, building or equipment used for a particular purpose

subject of care

person seeking to receive, receiving, or having received care

subject of care extends the class care actor, role

Table 1. Associations of subject of care
Source multiplicity	Source class	Association	Target class	Target multiplicity
0..*	subject of care	expresses	reason for request for care	0..1
0..*	subject of care	expresses (1)	subject of care desire	0..1
0..*	subject of care	gives	informed consent	0..1
1	subject of care	has	social environment	1
0..*	subject of care	has (1)	consent competence	0..1
0..*	subject of care	has or has had	health need	1
0..*	subject of care	maintains	personal health record	1..*
0..*	subject of care	participates in	care contact	1..*
0..1	subject of care	plays	self-care performer	1
1..*	subject of care	seeks to receive, is receiving, or has received	care	1..*
0..*	subject of care	states	objection	0..1
0..*	care activity	for	subject of care	1
1	care activity period	for	subject of care	0..*
1..*	care mandate	concerns	subject of care	1
1..*	care process	performed for	subject of care	1
1..*	care third party	supports	subject of care	1..*
1..*	health record	concerns	subject of care	1..*
0..1	person	plays	subject of care	1
1..*	point of care	location of	subject of care	0..*
1..*	subject of care preference delay	caused by	subject of care	0..1
1	subject of care proxy	acts for	subject of care	0..*

Figure 1. Class Diagram

Admitted terms patient, client, service user, consumer

Plural subjects of care

Example 1 A treated patient.

Example 2 A client of a physiotherapist.

Example 3 Each member of a target population for screening.

Example 4 Each member of a group of diabetic people attending a session of medical education.

Example 5 A person seeking health advice.

Note 1 A fœtus may be considered as a subject of care when receiving care.