Memmer M
Rechtswissenschaftlichen Fakultät, Universität Wien.
Wien Med Wochenschr. 1997;147(6):135-8.
This article discusses legal aspects of advance directives. In Austrian law there is only one provision: section 10 Hospitals Act ("medical record"). Therefore permissibility, contents and form of advance directives are of special, interest. Concerning the liability of advance directives the author concludes that this question has to be answered case by case.