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A doctor prescribes medication for a patient that causes serious side effects for individuals with certain diseases. The doctor knows this patient very well, and prescribes the medication based on his confidence that the patient isn't likely to have any of the complicating diseases.
Does this scenario represent a legal issue, an ethical issue, both or neither?​