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This article reviews the ethical principles, legal provisions, and implementation challenges of the ICMR 'Do not attempt resuscitation' guidelines released in April 2020.
Why the study?
Following the ICMR release of the Do not attempt resuscitation guideline in April 2020, this article explores the underlying ethical principles, legal provisions, implementation processes, and associated challenges.
This review provides an ethical and legal framework for understanding and implementing the ICMR 'Do not attempt resuscitation' guidelines.
ICMR DNAR guideline clarifies ethical resuscitation decisions; extends autonomy and futility principles to Indian clinical practice.
ICMR released guideline “Do not attempt resuscitation” in the month of April 2020. This article explores the ethical principles that underlie this guideline. The ethical principles involved are autonomy, futility, ordinary/extraordinary means, principle of double effect, and principle of Good Samaritan and the legal provisions are discussed. It summarizes the process of implementing the guidelines and problems that are involved in its implementation.
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GD Ravindran (2022) conducted a review in Cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Do not attempt resuscitation (DNAR) guidelines was evaluated. This article reviews the ethical principles, legal provisions, and implementation challenges of the ICMR 'Do not attempt resuscitation' guidelines released in April 2020.
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