On 1 January 2013 the Suisse government revised the guardianship law. It is now called „Kindes- und Erwachsenenschutzrecht (K-ESR)“ (child and adult protection law). There are two instruments for self-determination embedded within the law which are thereby valid and standardised within all parts of Switzerland. The first instrument is the fact that a person incapable of acting is enabled to regulate his or her assistance and comprehensive advice through a power of attorney, making a provision for the event of loss of his or her decision making capacity. Secondly the patient is allowed to list medical treatments he or she will accept or name a person that will be entitled to make a decision in the event of loss of the patient’s decision making capacity within his or her advance decision.