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persistent changes in bowel habits, blood in stools or urine, severe abdominal pain or inability to pass urine should be assessed by a clinician, some urgently.","purpose":"Let an agent explain elimination in plain clinical language, relay normal variation, common problems and when to seek care from medical and paediatric sources, describe the named terms including bed-wetting without shame, and distinguish elimination from digestion, excretion in the broader physiological sense and the elimination senses in sport, mathematics and law.","scope":{"in":[],"out":[],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Normal bodily function","Wide normal variation","Warning signs matter","Often stigmatised"],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"understand","name":"Understand","description":"What elimination is.","layers":[{"id":"definition","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","findings":[{"id":"definition-finding","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","questions":[{"text":"What is elimination as a bodily process, and how does it differ from digestion, broader excretion and other senses of the word?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Is there blood in stool or urine, severe abdominal pain or inability to pass urine, in which case seek medical care promptly?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"terms","name":"Terms","description":"Named terms.","findings":[{"id":"terms-finding","name":"Terms","description":"Terms.","questions":[{"text":"What do bowel movement, BM, defecation, laxation and bed-wetting mean?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which entry fits the specific term?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"health","name":"Health","description":"Normal and abnormal.","layers":[{"id":"normal","name":"Normal","description":"Normal variation.","findings":[{"id":"normal-finding","name":"Normal","description":"Normal.","questions":[{"text":"What is normal bowel and bladder function, and how is the Bristol Stool Scale used?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which references are standard?","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"problems","name":"Problems","description":"Common problems.","findings":[{"id":"problems-finding","name":"Problems","description":"Problems.","questions":[{"text":"What are constipation, diarrhoea and incontinence, and when should people see a doctor?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which sources are cited?","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"children","name":"Children","description":"Children.","layers":[{"id":"bedwetting","name":"Bed-wetting","description":"Bed-wetting.","findings":[{"id":"bedwetting-finding","name":"Bed-wetting","description":"Bed-wetting.","questions":[{"text":"What do guidelines say about bed-wetting and supportive approaches?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits nocturnal enuresis?","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"toilet","name":"Toilet training","description":"Toilet training.","findings":[{"id":"toilet-finding","name":"Toilet training","description":"Toilet training.","questions":[{"text":"What does evidence say about toilet training readiness?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits toilet training?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"context","name":"Context","description":"Screening and sanitation.","layers":[{"id":"screening","name":"Screening","description":"Bowel screening.","findings":[{"id":"screening-finding","name":"Screening","description":"Screening.","questions":[{"text":"How do bowel cancer screening tests work?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits colorectal cancer screening?","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"sanitation","name":"Sanitation","description":"Sanitation.","findings":[{"id":"sanitation-finding","name":"Sanitation","description":"Sanitation.","questions":[{"text":"Why is safe sanitation vital for public health, as WHO describes?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits sanitation?","kind":"action"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Record frequency or difficulty of elimination at the person's request for their clinician.","Assist with toileting as part of authorized care, with the person's consent."],"mustNot":["Discuss or disclose a person's toileting needs where others can hear or read it.","Withhold access to a toilet, or delay assistance, as pressure or punishment.","Diagnose or prescribe laxatives or other treatment for a specific person.","Record or photograph a person during toileting."],"requiresHuman":["Any clinical decision such as catheterisation or bowel management."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Help with elimination touches dignity closely, and loss of privacy humiliates people.","Denying toilet access is a recognised form of neglect and abuse in care and detention."],"affectedParties":["People needing personal care","Children being toilet trained","People in detention"]},"owners":{"steward":"The person themselves; care providers and clinicians answer for assisted care.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"oewn-13487789-n","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"bodily process","type":"related","note":"in WordNet terms"},{"target":"defecation","type":"related"},{"target":"urination","type":"related"},{"target":"nocturnal enuresis","type":"related","note":"related condition"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.elimination","Open English WordNet: oewn-13494300-n","WordNet: oewn-13487789-n hypernym of elimination"]},"properties":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":["normal bowel frequency: from three times a day to three times a week note - commonly cited range","Bristol Stool Scale: 7 types count","bed-wetting at age 5: common, often cited around 15 percent note - varies by study"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"optional","items":["Discharge of bodily waste","Bed-wetting, bowel movement, movement, BM, defecation, laxation","Digestion breaks down food; excretion includes lungs and skin; elimination also has sport, maths and legal senses","Not a visible object; a bodily function."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["explain the process","relay normal variation and warning signs","describe named terms","route concerning symptoms"]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Shaming children about bed-wetting","Ignoring blood in stool or urine","Confusing senses of elimination"]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["NICE guidance on constipation and bedwetting in children","Bowel cancer screening programmes"]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Removing waste from the body.","defecation","urination","nocturnal enuresis","constipation and diarrhoea as disorders","toilet training"]}},"sources":[{"title":"Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-13494300-n","url":"https://en-word.net/id/oewn-13494300-n","note":"sense and gloss of the concept"},{"title":"Wiktionary: elimination","url":"https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/elimination","note":"word senses and usage"}],"openQuestions":["Should bed-wetting be linked to its own entry?","How should medical guidance be linked?","Should other senses of elimination be disambiguated?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-elimination/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 2)","builtFrom":["models/things/publications/thing-elimination/spec.json"],"providers":["Claude"],"researchStatus":"unreviewed","generatedAt":"2026-09-13T20:55:37Z","builder":"tools/build_cards.py@1.0.0"},"completeness":{"sections":{"classifiers":"filled","whatItIs":"filled","purpose":"filled","distinguishingFeatures":"filled","structure":"filled","agentConduct":"filled","ethics":"filled","owners":"filled","relations":"filled","interaction.identity":"filled","interaction.properties":"not-applicable","interaction.recognition":"filled","interaction.capabilities":"filled","interaction.hazards":"filled","interaction.interfaces":"filled","interaction.context":"filled","sources":"filled"},"notes":{"_gate":"Published through the thing publication gate 1.0 on 2026-10-07T12:16:27+00:00: completeness 1.00; 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