53_ CODE OF MEDICAL DEONTOLOGY - Article 48.3 When a doctor considers a second opinion necessary, they can propose, with the patient's express consent, the colleague they consider most appropriate as a consultant, or they can accept the one chosen by the patient. If their opinions differ substantially and the patient or her family decides to follow the consultant's opinion, the doctor who had been treating the patient will be released from continuing to provide care. Article 49.1 A doctor’s ethical responsibility does not disappear or be reduced by working as a team, being delimited by the principle of division of labor that assigns specific responsibilities to each team member. Article 49.2 The hierarchy of the medical team must be respected, but it can never constitute an instrument of domination or personal exaltation. Whoever holds the leadership of a team must ensure that there is an environment of ethical and deontological excellence, as well as respectful tolerance of the diversity of professional opinions. Article 49.3 The doctor has the ethical obligation to denounce and promote the correction of any infractions of medical praxis that may have been committed during teamwork.
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