“…Decisions that impact the welfare of patients and families usually involve an ethical lens, where the benefits and harms of such decisions are weighed by clinicians and the action with the best‐predicted outcome is chosen (Kerridge, Lowe, & Stewart, ). However, decisions to deny access for families during resuscitation events seem based on anecdotal experience and personal preferences rather than on sound rationales, and do not appear to reflect current evidence (Agard & Lomborg, ; Davidson et al., ; Giles, de Lacey, & Muir‐Cochrane, ).…”