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__________ consists of departing from the "standard of care"; that is, breaching the therapist's duty in providing what is determined as commonly accepted practices of others in the profession that leads to injury to the client.

a. Negligenceb. Discriminationc. Ethicsd. Legal practice

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Answer: A. negligence

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Answer: Negligence

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Negligence is defined as being unsuccessful in following standard of care according to legal terms.A therapist is not able to perform duties and practices due to which misadventure is caused by management of medical field.Any injury or accident that cause becomes adverse due to therapeutic care is therapeutic misadventure

Other options are incorrect because ethics ,law-oriented work and discrimination is not defined through violating care standard in field of therapy.Thus, the correct option is option(a).

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