The failure to provide care that is normally expected from a person in a specific role that results in injury to another individual.

• A. Malpractice
• B. Negligence
• C. Defamation
• D. Battery

Answer: (B)

Negligence is failing to provide the level of care that a reasonably prudent caregiver would in similar circumstances, and that failure must cause injury to someone. In a care setting, this means there’s a duty to act within the standard of care for your role, a breach of that duty, a causal link between the breach and the injury, and actual damages. Malpractice is the professional-credential context of that same idea—professional negligence—but the core concept remains failing to meet the expected standard of care. Defamation involves false statements harming someone’s reputation, not injury from care. Battery is intentional harmful contact, which involves deliberate action rather than a negligent failure to provide appropriate care.