Your spouse/partner gets a skin infection and needs antibiotics: is it ethical for you to prescribe for them? Yes: it is ethical to treat short-term, minor problems.
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Program in Biomedical and Research Ethics, UCLA School of Medicine, Box 957041, Los Angeles, CA 90095-7041, USA.
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D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics*; D012874:Skin Diseases, Infectious / Q000188:drug therapy*; D018454:Spouses
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents