Which of the following is true regarding the difference between omission and commission?
A) Omission and commission are the same except commission involves more than one person.
B) Commission would be a nurse giving a patient too much morphine on purpose and the patient dies and omission would be withholding morphine from the patient and the patient experiences severe pain.
C) Omission is the same as malpractice and commission is the same as negligence.
D) Commission refers to a financial maleficence where omission refers to a clinical maleficence in which a patient suffers injury.

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Omission refers to failing to do something that results in harm, while commission involves actively doing something harmful. In the example, commission is giving too much morphine, and omission is withholding it.

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