Patients rights
In Austria, patients can essentially rely on the following patient rights:
Law | Legal basis |
to be informed | Regulations for doctors |
to be conscientiously looked after | Regulations for doctors |
to be asked before a treatment or surgical intervention (even "small" surgical procedures), if you agree (declaration of consent) | Criminal code, hospital law |
on human dignity and recognition of maturity | Constitutional Law, General Civil Code |
that the treating persons or the administrators of the medical data remain secretive to others | Data protection law, doctors' law |
on social assistance | various welfare laws of the federal states |
to report or accuse medical errors | Human Rights Convention, Basic Law |
Bodily injuries, torments, neglect, etc. display | General Civil Code, Convention on Human Rights, Medical Law |
on first aid | Penal law, doctors' law, hospital law |
on social assistance before discharge from the hospital | Hospital Acts |
for help or advice from the Ombudsman | various welfare laws of the federal states |