Swiss Civil Code

¹ The res­id­en­tial or nurs­ing in­sti­tu­tion shall pro­tect the pri­vacy of a per­son lack­ing ca­pa­city of judge­ment and where pos­sible en­cour­age con­tacts with per­sons out­side the in­sti­tu­tion.

² If no one out­side the in­sti­tu­tion ex­presses an in­terest in the cli­ent, the res­id­en­tial or nurs­ing in­sti­tu­tion shall no­ti­fy the adult pro­tec­tion au­thor­ity.

³ The free­dom to choose one's doc­tor shall be re­spec­ted un­less there is good cause for not do­ing so.