Patients are often accompanied by third parties who play an important part in the health care practitioner- patient relationship. The health care practitioner interacts and communicates with these individuals and often is in a position to offer them information, advice, and emotional support. The more deeply involved the individual is in the clinical encounter and in medical decision making, the more troubling sexual or romantic contact with the health care practitioner would be. Key third parties include but are not limited to spouses or partners, parents, guardians, and proxies. Answer these two (2) questions: 1. As a medical assistant, you have been present when a young, single father brings his infant in for checkups. The child is seriously ill, and the father begins consulting you about his emotional anguish. You are also single and sense an attraction. When the young man asks you out, should you accept? Explain your answer. 2. Do you believe ethical standards governing such relationships are stricter for health care practitioners than for other professions, such as law professors and students? In your view, is this as it should be? Explain your answer.