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Review
. 2021;24(4):720-749.
doi: 10.1007/s10049-021-00888-8. Epub 2021 Jun 2.

[Ethics of resuscitation and end of life decisions]

[Article in German]
Spyros D Mentzelopoulos  1 , Keith Couper  2   3 , Patrick Van de Voorde  4   5 , Patrick Druwé  6 , Marieke Blom  7 , Gavin D Perkins  3 , Ileana Lulic  8 , Jana Djakow  9   10 , Violetta Raffay  11   12 , Gisela Lilja  13 , Leo Bossaert  14
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Review

[Ethics of resuscitation and end of life decisions]

[Article in German]
Spyros D Mentzelopoulos et al. Notf Rett Med. 2021.

Abstract
in English, German

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.

Diese Ethikleitlinien des Europäischen Rats für Wiederbelebung enthalten evidenzbasierte Empfehlungen für die ethische, routinemäßige Praxis der Wiederbelebung und für die Betreuung von Erwachsenen und Kindern am Lebensende. Die Leitlinie konzentriert sich in erster Linie auf wichtige Maßnahmen in Bezug auf ethische Praktiken (d. h. Patientenverfügung, vorausschauende Behandlungsplanung* und gemeinsame Entscheidungsfindung), die Entscheidungsfindung in Bezug auf Wiederbelebung, Ausbildung und Forschung. Diese Bereiche stehen in engem Zusammenhang mit der Anwendung der Prinzipien der Bioethik in der Praxis der Wiederbelebung und der Betreuung am Lebensende.

Zusatzmaterial online: Zusätzliche Informationen sind in der Online-Version dieses Artikels (10.1007/s10049-021-00888-8) enthalten.

Keywords: Advance care planing; Advance directives; Shared decision making.

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Conflict of interest statement

InteressenkonfliktM. Blom declares her role of co-coordinator EU project ESCAPE-NET. G.D. Perkins reports funding from Elsevier for his role as an editor of the journal Resuscitation. He reports research funding from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) in relation to the PARAMEDIC2 trial and the RESPECT project. [Stand 17.5. aus Originalartikel in Resuscitation]. S.D. Mentzelopoulos, K. Couper, P. Van de Voorde, P. Druwé, I. Lulic, J. Djakow, V. Raffay, G. Lilja und L. Bossaert declare that they have no competing interests.

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