Section 1. A physician should be dedicated to provide competent medical care with full professional skill in accordance with the current standards of care, compassion, independence and respect for human dignity. Section 2. A physician should be free to choose patients. Section 3. In an emergency, provided there is no risk to his or her safety, a physician should administer at least first aid treatment and then refer the patient to the primary physician andfor to a more competent health provider and appropriate facility if necessary. Section 4. In seriousr'difficult cases, or when the circumstances of the patient or the family so demand or justify, the attending physician should seek the assistance of the appropriate specialist. Section 5. A physician should exercise good faith and honesty in expressing opiniom's as to the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of a case under hisfher care. A physician shall respect the right of the patient to refuse medical treatment. Timely notice of the worsening of the disease should be given to the patient andlor family. A physician shall not conceal nor exaggerate the patient's condition except when it is to the latter's best interest. A physician shall obtain from the patient a voluntary informed consent. In case of unconciousness or in a state of mental deficiency the informed consent may be given by a spouse or immediate relatives and in the absence of both, by the party authorized by an advanced directive of the patient. Informed consent in the ease of minor should be given by the parents or guardian, members of the immediate family that are of legal age. Section 6. The physician should hold as sacred and highly confidential whatever may be discovered or learned pertinent to the patient even after death, except when required in the promotion of justice, safety and public health. Section 7. Professional fees should be commensurate to the services rendered with due consideration to the patient's financial status, nature of the case, time consumed and the professional standing and skill of the physician in the community