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What's the Discharge Plan? Ethics of Guardianship and Institutionalization of Hospitalized Patients - On Demand 2025
Discharge isn’t just logistics—it’s ethics. In this on-demand session, clinicians and care teams examine civil rights in the hospital, weigh the risks and benefits of guardianship and institutionalization, and understand legal and medical viewpoints. You’ll consider equity implications, initiate less-restrictive strategies and medical-legal partnerships, and compare institutional processes for capacity assessment—sharpening judgment for complex discharges.
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On-Demand
Expires on May 06, 2028
Credit Offered
1 CME Credit
1 ABIM-MOC Point
1 Participation Credit
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Learning Objectives
After completing this activity, learners should be able to:
  1. Understand the civil rights of patients and how they relate to guardianship and institutional placement from the hospital setting.
  2. Consider the ethics and equity considerations with patients for whom the medical team is considering guardianship or institutionalization.
  3. Initiate alternative practices to guardianship or institutional placement through exploration of less restrictive options and institutional capacity building.
  4. Compare programs that support discharge planning for complex patients, including formal processes for capacity evaluation and guardianship pursuit, as well as medical-legal partnerships.
Faculty
  • Megha Garg

Faculty Disclosures
The individuals in control of content for this activity have no relevant relationships with ACCME-defined ineligible companies to disclose unless listed here. Any relevant relationships were mitigated prior to the start of this activity.

 

Accreditation Statement
The Society of Hospital Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

CME Credit Statement
The Society of Hospital Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

MOC Credit Statement
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.00  MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

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