Swiss Civil Code

¹ If a per­son lack­ing ca­pa­city of judge­ment has not giv­en in­struc­tions on treat­ment in a pa­tient de­cree, the at­tend­ing doc­tor shall plan the re­quired treat­ment in con­sulta­tion with the per­son en­titled to act as rep­res­ent­at­ive in re­la­tion to med­ic­al pro­ced­ures.

² The doc­tor shall in­form the rep­res­ent­at­ive about all the im­port­ant as­pects of the planned med­ic­al pro­ced­ures, and in par­tic­u­lar about the reas­ons there­for, their pur­pose, form, meth­ods, risks, side ef­fects and costs, the con­sequences of not car­ry­ing out the treat­ment and any al­tern­at­ive treat­ment op­tions.

³ If pos­sible, the per­son lack­ing ca­pa­city of judge­ment shall also be in­volved in mak­ing the de­cision.

⁴ The treat­ment plan shall be ad­ap­ted to pending de­vel­op­ments.