What offense has been committed when a nurse at a nursing home purposefully fails to give an 80-year old man his prescribed medicine?

a. Aiding suicide
b. Injury to an elderly person
c. Assault
d. Negligent conduct
e. Deadly conduct


Answer: b. Injury to an elderly person

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