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'''Placement''' or '''placementology''' is the subspecialty once known as [[Hospitalist|hospital medicine]].<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/12/placement-medicine/ “Hospital Medicine” Renamed “Placement Medicine”]</ref><ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/09/placement-hospitalists-perspective/ Placement: A Hospitalist’s Perspective]</ref><ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2015/05/dramatic-code-placement/ Dramatic “Code Placement” Captured on Tape]</ref>
'''Is a Discharge Home Placement?'''
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One of the current controversies regarding '''placement''' is whether or not a discharge home is '''placement.''' Many would argue that '''placement''' is merely the act of placing someone somewhere else other than an acute inpatient unit, even if that place happens to be home.