European Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2021: Ethics of resuscitation and end of life decisions

• Authors: MENTZELOPOULOS S. D.; COUPER K.; VAN DE VOORDE P.; DRUWE P.; BLOM M.; PERKINS G. D.; LULIC I.; DJAKOW Jana; RAFFAY V.; LILJA G.; BOSSAERT L.
• Year of publication: 2021
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: RESUSCITATION
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Medicine
• Web: https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0300957221000708
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2021.02.017
• Keywords: resuscitation; end of life decisions; guidelines
• Description: 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.