Dialysis centers should use `healthcare:speciality=nephrology`

[tyrasd]

… instead of healthcare:speciality=dialysis according to the OSM wiki: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:healthcare%3Ddialysis

See also openstreetmap/id-tagging-schema#795 (comment)

[kjonosm]

NSI suggest healthcare:speciality=dialysis in some instances, see https://nsi.guide/index.html?t=operators&k=amenity&v=clinic&tt=dialysis

@tyrasd Should it be changed to healthcare:speciality=nephrology?

[tyrasd]

yes, that would be my proposal. It's only based on the wiki page above, which until recently still suggested healthcare:speciality=dialysis.

[LaoshuBaby]

As my point of view, I think specialty should correspond to a series of disciplines (value can be audiology, optometry or others), and dialysis is a treatment method of nephrology, so later should be value.

Of course, this is limited to my understanding as an ordinary person. It would be better if a mapper with a medical education background can point out which value is more semantic

[1ec5]

As my point of view, I think specialty should correspond to a series of disciplines (value can be audiology, optometry or others), and dialysis is a treatment method of nephrology, so later should be value.

That’s true. What’s tricky, as I pointed out in openstreetmap/id-tagging-schema#795 (comment), is that these centers aren’t nephrology specialists per se. It would be better to avoid healthcare:speciality altogether in favor of healthcare:service, which is very popular in Norway for some reason, but that would require further discussion.