[Gnumed-devel] Measurements of the same attribute, using different methods / units

[Busser, Jim]

In North America and particularly in Canada, patients measure and report their 
weights in pounds or in kilos.

Interestingly, LOINC does not specify any units of measurement, only that the 
method is

        Measured

(as opposed to, say, estimated). See

        http://s.details.loinc.org/LOINC/8341-0.html?sections=Simple

What would people suggest as the best way of handling this in GNUmed? Must the 
Abbreviation be unique and should I therefore take the existing measurement 
type that is abbreviated

        wght

and alter it to

        wght (kg)

and create

        wght (lb)

??

-- Jim