European Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2021: Ethics of resuscitation and end of life decisions
Spyros D. Mentzelopoulos, Keith Couper, Patrick Van de Voorde, Patrick Druwé, Marieke T. Blom, Gavin D. Perkins, Ileana Lulić, Jana Djakow, Violetta Raffay, Gisela Lilja, Leo Bossaert
Abstract
These European Resuscitation Council Ethics guidelines provide evidence-based recommendations for the ethical, routine practice of resuscitation and end-of-life care of adults and children. The guideline primarily focus on major ethical practice interventions (i.e. advance directives, advance care planning, and shared decision making), decision making regarding resuscitation, education, and research. These areas are tightly related to the application of the principles of bioethics in the practice of resuscitation and end-of-life care.
Topics & Concepts
ResuscitationMedicineBioethicsGuidelineEnd-of-life careAdvanced life supportPsychological interventionAdvance care planningLife supportNursingIntensive care medicinePalliative careCardiopulmonary resuscitationEmergency medicineLawPolitical sciencePathologyPalliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesCardiac Arrest and ResuscitationFamily and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units