title: Consensus finally achieved on resuscitative interventions.
abstract: A joint policy statement on the resuscitation of patients is published in this issue of CMAJ. Dr. John Williams, the CMA's director of ethics and legal affairs, discusses how it differs from the joint statement published last year.
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D003245:Consensus Statements as Topic; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards