8.4 PERSON FORMAT 924 Health Definition: An indication of the general health of the person. Guidelines: Indicate any chronic illness, current diseases and general state of health. Indicate if the person is pregnant and if so, by how many months at the date the information was received. Indicate 19 wounds, bruises, indications of assault or rape etc. Note where these documents can be found in field 966: Supporting Documents. Updates may be added at the end of the field with the date of the update. Provide details on the physical consequences of a particular Act in field 2116 Physical Consequences. Entry: Free text. Examples: Mrs. Pertuche was pregnant at the time of the bombing. 925 Medical Records Definition: Information from medical records. Guidelines: Medical information such as blood type, eyesight, hearing, past bone fractures (place, date), bone diseases, congenital malformations, severe lesions, severe illness, number of pregnancies or handedness. Refer to and obtain photographs, X-rays, optometric prescriptions, medical and dental records, drug prescriptions etc. Refer to health records, doctor‟s examination reports or autopsy records (in the case of death). Provide details on the physical consequences of a particular act in field 2116 Physical Consequences. Note where these documents can be found in field 966 Supporting Documents. Updates may be added at the end of the field. 19 For an outline of physical examination see Manual on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (the Istanbul Protocol): submitted to the: United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, August 9, 1999. Boston: Physicians for Human Rights USA, 1999. Organisations such as groups dealing with victims of torture and other human rights violations which want to systematically record information about health situations may want to develop controlled vocabulary to record information in this field. Relevant sources for developing such a vocabulary include: World Health Organization. The International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10). vol. 1. Geneva: World Health Organization, 1992 and Rehabilitation and Research Council for Torture Victims. List of Selected Mental Symptoms. Copenhagen: Rehabilitation and Research Council for Torture Victims, 1998. 151