Authors

Mª Fe Hernando Martínez1, Aurora Hernández Rivas2, Mª Fe Gamo González3, Dolores López García4, Esperanza V&eac

Position

Diplomada en Enfermería. Bachelor of Nursing. Licenciada en Psicología. Escuela Universitaria de Enfermería de la Cruz Roja. Univ

Contact address

C/ Iris, 82. 28109 Alcobendas (Madrid)

Abstract

CPR (Cardio pulmonary resuscitation) can restore cardiac and respiratory function in some patients, whereas in other patients it is not effective to avoid death or, at worse, it causes an anoxic-ischemic brain lesion. This leads to the need to have to make a decision not to reanimate those patients that present severe pathologies or nil therapeutic perspectives. This decision forms part of normal healthcare daily routines. However, this decision must be taken carefully and based on properly reasoned criteria, both from the point of view of scientific and technical correction as well as from the ethical perspective involved in the taking and execution of this sort of decisions. This article aims to analyse the “do not resuscitate orders” from a socioethical perspective.

Keywords:

Bioethics; do not resuscitate orders; intervened death; bioethical principles; autonomy

Versión en Español

Título:

Las órdenes de no reanimar: perspectiva bioética y social